From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest)
To: alloy-digest@smoe.org
Subject: alloy-digest V4 #318
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        Saturday, November 27 1999        Volume 04 : Number 318



                               Today's Subjects:
                               -----------------
  Alloy: funny review                                [andyjmail@cheerful.com]
  Alloy: Re: alloy- calender           ["Ian Gifford" <igifford@hotmail.com>]
  Re: Alloy: Re: alloy- calender  ["Trevor James Blagg" <Blagg@norling.fsnet]
  Alloy: Beatnik co-sponsors holiday float for charity       [RThurF@aol.com]
  Re: Alloy: Mulu, and Calendar ideas                        [RThurF@aol.com]
  Re: Alloy: Mulu, and Calendar ideas  ["Melissa R. Jordan" <wearart@erols.c]

----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 10:21:16 -0500 (EST)
From: andyjmail@cheerful.com
Subject: Alloy: funny review

Howdo.

A review of The Flat Earth at :
http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=545802038/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/album.html/ArtistID=DOLBY*THOMAS/itemid=361743/select=review/pubid=58/docid=37943

contains a squashed minor royal :
"With The Flat Earl we find him more soulful ..."

...this dimensionally challenged bloke can at least still drive italian cars despite being a large disc :
"The Fiat Earl is truly big and round"

Lovely. Anyhow, my copy of 12x12 has finally arrived.
Yippee, although I've had to hand it over to the wife for her to give it to me for Christmas. I can wait a
little longer I guess!

I hope you Alloyed over there had a merry thanksgiving,
+AndyJ+

"try to think of nothing"

- ----------------------------------------------------------------
Get your free email from AltaVista at http://altavista.iname.com

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 10:39:14 EST
From: "Ian Gifford" <igifford@hotmail.com>
Subject: Alloy: Re: alloy- calender

>From: "Trevor James Blagg"

><<Hey an alloy calendar? Can I be a part? Can I wear tiny swimmers briefs
>and
>pose with a Fire truck and Hose? I have always wanted to do this but the
>Firemen Calendar people just keep laughing everytime i audition! I don't
>know why! I could be a good fireman!>>
>
>Ian
>
>
>Ian, it may be your 'hose' that's the problem?
>
>Just a thought...


Now seriuosly Trevor what are you Thinking? Remember I am a Canadian! And 
everybody knows that Canadains are the biggest Hosers around, eh?

;^)

Ian

______________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

------------------------------

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 00:48:02 -0000
From: "Trevor James Blagg" <Blagg@norling.fsnet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Alloy: Re: alloy- calender

Now seriously Trevor what are you Thinking? Remember I am a Canadian! And
> everybody knows that Canadians are the biggest Hosers around, eh?
>

Ian, It's not size that matters, or so we Englishmen have always been led to
believe. Mind you I must admit, I never knew that Canadians participated in
so much hosing!

Prefab Sprout did a song called "Horsing Around", maybe they really meant
"Hosing Around"? I wonder if this was one that Thomas Produced?

Trevor....

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 22:39:53 EST
From: RThurF@aol.com
Subject: Alloy: Beatnik co-sponsors holiday float for charity

Here's an interesting bit of news!!

Robin T :)


Companies to Bid on eBay for Float Sponsorship in Santa.com Holiday Parade
 
 SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Santa.com, the one-stop holiday 
solution, announced today the auction of a float sponsorship for the 
Santa.com Holiday Parade on eBay (www.ebay.com), the world's leading 
person-to-person online trading community. All proceeds from the auction of 
the float, titled Santa Goes Hollywood, will benefit Stand For Children, a 
non-partisan, membership organization and affiliate of the Children's Defense 
Fund. The float will be featured in the Santa.com Holiday Parade, Sunday, 
December 5, 1999 in San Francisco along Fisherman's Wharf.
 
 The Santa.com Holiday Parade will be broadcast live on USA Network(R) 9 a.m. 
PST, (12 PM EST) and over the Internet via Apple Computer's Quick Time TV and 
Yahoo! Broadcast. Over 100,000 people from the Bay Area are expected to line 
the streets of San Francisco to view the parade, and over 1,000,000 people 
are expected to watch the broadcast. Yahoo!, Beatnik.com, CitySearch.com, 
Homewarehouse.com, Egreetings.com, and FamilyWonder.com are among the DotCOM 
float sponsors for the historic event. Any individual or company that bids on 
the float will be among 11 other floats that will be featured in the one-hour 
broadcast of the parade.
 
 "We hope that Hollywood studios and television entertainment networks or an 
individual will bid to gain entry to the parade, create a focus on children, 
and make a valuable donation to Stand For Children," said Catherine Gonzales, 
CEO and Founder of Santa.com.
 
 The float sponsorship, valued at over $85,000, includes:
 
  -- The winning bidder's DotCOM name featured prominently on the Santa Goes 
Hollywood float (if bidders don't have a DotCOM name Santa.com will register 
one for them).
 
 -- Live coverage of the float on USA Network's national television broadcast 
of the event and Internet broadcast of the event at www.Santa.com via Quick 
Time TV and Yahoo! Broadcast.
 
 Bidders must meet Santa.com Holiday Parade guidelines. The float sponsorship 
auction will appear on the front page of eBay every 15 minutes, as well as on 
several other sections of the site.
 
 "Corporate America and especially young DotCOM companies can be very 
instrumental in making children a priority on the national agenda as we 
approach the 21st Century," said Jonah Edelman, executive director of Stand 
For Children. "We are very pleased to work with Santa.com in the first ever 
Santa.com Holiday Parade float auction. We hope that more companies like 
Santa.com take a leadership role in determining the future of our nation by 
supporting organizations that are working to improve the welfare of children."
 
 About Stand For Children  
 
 Stand For Children is a non-partisan membership organization affiliated with 
the Children's Defense Fund. Stand For Children was founded on June 1, 1996, 
when more than 300,000 people stood together for children at the Lincoln 
Memorial, in the largest demonstration for children in history. This day was 
called Stand For Children Day. Every year since then Stand For Children has 
worked with thousands of people in communities across the country to 
celebrate Stand For Children Day.
 
 Today, Stand For Children members across the country are working together to 
give children the opportunity to grow up healthy, educated, and safe. Many 
members belong to Stand For Children Chapters that attract a broad base of 
people to push for practical solutions for children and families at the 
local, state, and national level. For more information about Stand For 
Children, visit www.stand.org.
 
 About Santa.com  
 
 Santa.com provides a one-stop solution for time-constrained moms, the real 
"behind-the-scenes Santas," who want to save time, have fun and enjoy their 
holiday experience. Launched in 1997 as a holiday resource for busy parents, 
Santa.com has become the premier online holiday solution. Visitors to 
Santa.com can access the site year-round to shop for brand name and specialty 
gift items, write letters to Santa, create electronic greeting cards and wish 
lists, find holiday recipes, make decorations and crafts, find local holiday 
events and much, much more. For more information about the Santa.com Holiday 
Parade or Web site go to:  www.santa.com.
 
 To bid on the float go directly to www.ebay.com and place your bid.
 

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 23:20:28 EST
From: RThurF@aol.com
Subject: Re: Alloy: Mulu, and Calendar ideas

Hi Craig! 

I've never heard of the band Mulu, myself, though some among us know quite a 
bit more about the music scene than I. What kind of work do they do? (so that 
I may look them up next time I hit Tower Records)

Are people really interested in doing a Calendar?? All fire hoses aside, I 
would of course do the calendar in the finest of taste, but I'm thinking 
there should be an interesting theme to it. "Guess the Alloy Member", 
perhaps? (with disguises! :) And whoever got them all right could win a 
wonderous prize! Just tossing ideas around... If we did costume photos it 
would also make things more fun for those who hate to pose for pictures, such 
as myself. Anyone up for a costume party calendar for the year 2001? We could 
also all vote for Best Costume etc, with prizes of course. 

If anyone would be interested, I'll come up with some working specs and post 
them here. If anyone has other ideas for a theme calendar, fire away. If this 
project comes about, with enough support, I think I could even get up the 
courage to ask Mr Dolby if he'd enjoy participating in the preparation of 
some of the prizes...!

Robin T
scurrying away to work on her Silverado Corset (historically correct, god 
help me)

------------------------------

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 00:48:12 -0500
From: "Melissa R. Jordan" <wearart@erols.com>
Subject: Re: Alloy: Mulu, and Calendar ideas

RThurF@aol.com wrote:

> Are people really interested in doing a Calendar?? All fire hoses aside, I
> would of course do the calendar in the finest of taste, but I'm thinking
> there should be an interesting theme to it. "Guess the Alloy Member",
> perhaps? (with disguises! :)

Robin, I think that would be a real hoot! We have such creative people out here -
and it would provide a little outlet for those of us who cannot play instruments
and/or are not talented with computers and such!

Now, for something completely different...

Mulu came through DC recently. I'm always scanning the club listings in the vain
hopes that someone I'd actually part with cash to hear will be swinging through.
I came to a dead halt when I saw this name. I'm clueless as to what their music
is like.

The next time I travel to Asia, I would really, really like to visit the Mulu
Rainforest. I love caves and caverns, and the Mulu is loaded with really cool
caves with all sorts of amazing formations. The way finances look right now,
though, I think my next trip to Asia is a long, long way off. Bummer, man!

Off to listen to the rain outside. It's marvelous...

Cheers,

Melissa

- -- Melissa R. Jordan

Owner/Artist, Compass Rose Studios (www.crstudios.com)
Owner, Compass Rose Consulting (www.askcrc.com)
Visit my new blank, websites! Text, pictures, and all that coming soon!!!

------------------------------

End of alloy-digest V4 #318
***************************