From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V4 #245 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, September 8 1999 Volume 04 : Number 245 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Alloy: Washington Post Article - What a Great Way to Wake Up! [Kathle] Re: Alloy: Washington Post Article - What a Great Way to Wake Up! [Chris ] Alloy: Drooling Fanboys [Chris Cracknell ] Re: Alloy: Washington Post Article - What a Great Way to Wake Up! [Chris ] Alloy: Drooling Fanboys [Chris Cracknell ] Re: Alloy: The Wash Post Pics [RThurF@aol.com] Re: Alloy: Drooling Fanboys [RThurF@aol.com] Alloy: the music on Thomas' site [RThurF@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 09:27:10 -0700 From: Kathleen Presser Subject: Re: Alloy: Washington Post Article - What a Great Way to Wake Up! I've met Weird Al a few times. He's a humble kinda guy and very, very thin. He came to Disney Online one time for the chat room that Disney Online has for all the users out there in internet land. I like Weird Al's music. Kate;-) MacSuirtain wrote: > Robyn Moore wrote: > > > You're not alone on either part of that score...Not only am I technically > > impaired, but I'm a complete sucker for souvenirs. I have to watch myself > > when I approach someone for an autograph, though...I have an unfortunate > > tendency to drop into complete drooling fanboy mode. ;) > > I know exactly what you mean. I've never felt that being an admirer of a > person means that you're going to connect on some personal level when > you meet, but, darn it, I'd at least like to come off like I'm > semi-sentient! Usually, I end up saying something utterly lame-ass and > very Tigerbeat-y like: "I really, really like your stuff. It means a lot > to me." God. All that college education, and that's all I can come up > with in the face of fame. LAME!!! > > >(I still wish I'd > > had the opportunity to get Weird Al's autograph last week, though.) > > Oh, wow - Weird Al! I love Al. I can still sing all of "Nature Trail To > Hell In 3-D!" I was going to catch Weird Al at the Greek Theater in L.A. > later this month, but I just had to cancel a work trip to Anaheim. > (Long, long story.) > > "And the Jedi I admire most/met up with Darth Maul and now he's > toast..." > > Heh heh heh... > > Cheers, > > M. > > -- > 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, 7 Sep 1999 13:48:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Cracknell Subject: Re: Alloy: Washington Post Article - What a Great Way to Wake Up! In article <37D47F71.7A85A84B@erols.com>, you wrote: >Catch the final comments about fans. :-) Of course, being a >techno-numbwit, I, of course, have to hide under a paperbag for being >someone who actually treasures the talismans of autographs... ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Well I don't really need much in the way of autographs (although I'd go ape if he'd autograph one of my Atari carts for me, but what game would be fitting for his autograph? Perhaps Space Invaders) but I wouldn't mind getting a hold of some of those picture of him performing in drag. C'mon Thomas! We know you've got them, share! That was a neat article, not as dry and dull as the typical "Beatnik" article usually is, although I noticed some factual errors or has Thomas just decided to be perpetually under 40? CRACKERS (Gonna have to make my own pics from hell!!) - -- Collector of Atari 2600 carts - Accordionist - Bira Bira Devotee - Anime fan * http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html | Crackers' Arts Base * * http://www.angelfire.com/ma/hozervideo/index.html | Hozer Video Games * Nihongo ga dekimasu - 2600 programmer - Father of 2 great kids - Canadian eh ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 13:48:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Cracknell Subject: Alloy: Drooling Fanboys In article <37D48E1E.649F0C57@erols.com>, you wrote: >Robyn Moore wrote: > >> You're not alone on either part of that score...Not only am I technically >> impaired, but I'm a complete sucker for souvenirs. I have to watch myself >> when I approach someone for an autograph, though...I have an unfortunate >> tendency to drop into complete drooling fanboy mode. ;) > >I know exactly what you mean. I've never felt that being an admirer of a >person means that you're going to connect on some personal level when >you meet, but, darn it, I'd at least like to come off like I'm >semi-sentient! Usually, I end up saying something utterly lame-ass and >very Tigerbeat-y like: "I really, really like your stuff. It means a lot >to me." God. All that college education, and that's all I can come up >with in the face of fame. LAME!!! ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ I haven't really met too many famous people, at least none that are "Capital F" famous. I guess the most famous person I met was Joe Clark when he was Prime Minister of Canada... and that meeting ended with me accidentally giving him a rabbit punch in the stomach. But when it comes to "drooling fanboy" stories I have one for you. Those of you outside Canada are likely not familiar with the music of Stompin' Tom Conners. But in Canada he rules supreme as the patriarch of Canadian music and he's one heck of a nice, down to earth kind of guy too. Anyways, I have a "fanboy" story that was told to me by Ariel Rogers, the widow of the late Canadian folk music icon Stan Rogers, and a close personal friend (could somebody reach down and pick up those names I just dropped, I've hurt my back). And this story was told to her by none other than Stompin' Tom himself. Tom was playing in a bar out in Nova Scotia and before his set he was up at the bar having a pint. This guy comes up to him in full "drooling fanboy" mode and is gushing all over him. "Oh man! Oh man! Stompin' Tom, you're my hero! Man, I've worshiped your music ever since I was a little kid and I'm your biggest fan. I'm going to be here tonight with all my friends and it would really mean a lot to me if you'd come over to my table before your show starts and say hi to me, just like you know me, before you start your show. It would be the high point of my life. My name is Dave. Just come up and say 'Hi, Dave, how ya doin'?' If it's not too much trouble would you please do me that favour?" A little embarassed by the attention but still ever eager to please a fan Stompin' Tom says he'll do it. So before his set, he's walking up to the stage and he sees Dave sitting at a table with a bunch of friends drinking beer. So he walks up to the table and puts his hand on Dave's shoulder and says in a loud friendly voice, "Hey Dave, long time no see. How you been?" Dave turns to Stompin' Tom and says in an annoyed, slightly hostile voice, "Will you fuck off Conners! Can't you see I'm with my friends." Well Stompin' Tom got just about the biggest kick of his life out of this. I wonder if anyone has ever played a similar prank on Thomas Dolby? CRACKERS (Margo 's got the cargo boys and Reggie 's got the rig from hell!!) - -- Collector of Atari 2600 carts - Accordionist - Bira Bira Devotee - Anime fan * http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html | Crackers' Arts Base * * http://www.angelfire.com/ma/hozervideo/index.html | Hozer Video Games * Nihongo ga dekimasu - 2600 programmer - Father of 2 great kids - Canadian eh ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 13:50:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Cracknell Subject: Re: Alloy: Washington Post Article - What a Great Way to Wake Up! In article <37D47F71.7A85A84B@erols.com>, you wrote: >Catch the final comments about fans. :-) Of course, being a >techno-numbwit, I, of course, have to hide under a paperbag for being >someone who actually treasures the talismans of autographs... ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Well I don't really need much in the way of autographs (although I'd go ape if he'd autograph one of my Atari carts for me, but what game would be fitting for his autograph? Perhaps Space Invaders) but I wouldn't mind getting a hold of some of those picture of him performing in drag. C'mon Thomas! We know you've got them, share! That was a neat article, not as dry and dull as the typical "Beatnik" article usually is, although I noticed some factual errors or has Thomas just decided to be perpetually under 40? CRACKERS (Gonna have to make my own pics from hell!!) - -- Collector of Atari 2600 carts - Accordionist - Bira Bira Devotee - Anime fan * http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html | Crackers' Arts Base * * http://www.angelfire.com/ma/hozervideo/index.html | Hozer Video Games * Nihongo ga dekimasu - 2600 programmer - Father of 2 great kids - Canadian eh ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 13:50:33 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Cracknell Subject: Alloy: Drooling Fanboys In article <37D48E1E.649F0C57@erols.com>, you wrote: >Robyn Moore wrote: > >> You're not alone on either part of that score...Not only am I technically >> impaired, but I'm a complete sucker for souvenirs. I have to watch myself >> when I approach someone for an autograph, though...I have an unfortunate >> tendency to drop into complete drooling fanboy mode. ;) > >I know exactly what you mean. I've never felt that being an admirer of a >person means that you're going to connect on some personal level when >you meet, but, darn it, I'd at least like to come off like I'm >semi-sentient! Usually, I end up saying something utterly lame-ass and >very Tigerbeat-y like: "I really, really like your stuff. It means a lot >to me." God. All that college education, and that's all I can come up >with in the face of fame. LAME!!! ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ I haven't really met too many famous people, at least none that are "Capital F" famous. I guess the most famous person I met was Joe Clark when he was Prime Minister of Canada... and that meeting ended with me accidentally giving him a rabbit punch in the stomach. But when it comes to "drooling fanboy" stories I have one for you. Those of you outside Canada are likely not familiar with the music of Stompin' Tom Conners. But in Canada he rules supreme as the patriarch of Canadian music and he's one heck of a nice, down to earth kind of guy too. Anyways, I have a "fanboy" story that was told to me by Ariel Rogers, the widow of the late Canadian folk music icon Stan Rogers, and a close personal friend (could somebody reach down and pick up those names I just dropped, I've hurt my back). And this story was told to her by none other than Stompin' Tom himself. Tom was playing in a bar out in Nova Scotia and before his set he was up at the bar having a pint. This guy comes up to him in full "drooling fanboy" mode and is gushing all over him. "Oh man! Oh man! Stompin' Tom, you're my hero! Man, I've worshiped your music ever since I was a little kid and I'm your biggest fan. I'm going to be here tonight with all my friends and it would really mean a lot to me if you'd come over to my table before your show starts and say hi to me, just like you know me, before you start your show. It would be the high point of my life. My name is Dave. Just come up and say 'Hi, Dave, how ya doin'?' If it's not too much trouble would you please do me that favour?" A little embarassed by the attention but still ever eager to please a fan Stompin' Tom says he'll do it. So before his set, he's walking up to the stage and he sees Dave sitting at a table with a bunch of friends drinking beer. So he walks up to the table and puts his hand on Dave's shoulder and says in a loud friendly voice, "Hey Dave, long time no see. How you been?" Dave turns to Stompin' Tom and says in an annoyed, slightly hostile voice, "Will you fuck off Conners! Can't you see I'm with my friends." Well Stompin' Tom got just about the biggest kick of his life out of this. I wonder if anyone has ever played a similar prank on Thomas Dolby? CRACKERS (Margo 's got the cargo boys and Reggie 's got the rig from hell!!) - -- Collector of Atari 2600 carts - Accordionist - Bira Bira Devotee - Anime fan * http://www.hwcn.org/~ad329/crab.html | Crackers' Arts Base * * http://www.angelfire.com/ma/hozervideo/index.html | Hozer Video Games * Nihongo ga dekimasu - 2600 programmer - Father of 2 great kids - Canadian eh ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 23:09:45 EDT From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: The Wash Post Pics In a message dated 9/7/99 12:40:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, wearart@erols.com writes: :: For those who want to see my really bad scans of the pictures from the Washington Post article, you can find them here: http://users.erols.com/wearart/tmdrpost1.jpg http://users.erols.com/wearart/tmdrpost2.jpg :: I love these pictures! This is the first really clear view we've had of him since The Great Shave of '98... he looks fantastic, and well, and happy, not to mention mysterious (that image of him on the stairwell... ) Thanks, Melissa, for posting these. Robin T ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 23:25:40 EDT From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: Drooling Fanboys In a message dated 9/7/99 1:54:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, crackers@hwcn.org writes: :: I guess the most famous person I met was Joe Clark when he was Prime Minister of Canada... and that meeting ended with me accidentally giving him a rabbit punch in the stomach. :: I think it's Story Time... please indulge the details of this meeting, crackers! (LOL :) Robin T ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 00:32:43 EDT From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Alloy: the music on Thomas' site Today's tune is another which draws me in. I'm seriously, completely captivated by these pieces he's done. I'd love a collection of these on cd (like Brian Eno's ambient music collections...) I hope Thomas might consider releasing such a collection. I can't stop listening to the hypnotic chord changes of today's piece, and the beautiful phrasing of Thomas' keyboard work. I've always thought of music as a form of almost subconscious communication - this one certainly strikes me as a perfect example of something being communicated directly through the emotions, without need of words. Robin T ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V4 #245 ***************************