From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V4 #347 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, December 28 1999 Volume 04 : Number 347 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Alloy: Christmas Cookies for the soul...... (new book title?) ["Ian Giffo] Re: Alloy: Christmas Cookies for the soul...... (new book title?) ["Terry] Re: Alloy: Christmas Cookies for the soul...... (new book title?) ["Kathl] Alloy: Re: alloy-digest V4 #344 ["Julie Sweeney" ] Re: Alloy: Christmas Oowies/Weather in Britain/Europe [RThurF@aol.com] Re: Alloy: A small dilemma.. (Off subject) [RThurF@aol.com] Re: Alloy: Re: Livewire LD & Merry Xmas [Spencer2424@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 02:43:41 EST From: "Ian Gifford" Subject: Alloy: Christmas Cookies for the soul...... (new book title?) Robyn wrote: >  On the bright side, relationship-wise, today is Kevin and my 11th >anniversary of togetherness. (I feel a bit guilty sharing my happiness > >with all of you, considering, but there it is.) I hope you were kidding about feeling guilty. I feel all the better, knowing that you are happy. I smile for you and I Hope that the twelfth and thirteenth and all subsequent years are Magical! Ian ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 12:01:49 -0000 From: "Terry Overall" Subject: Re: Alloy: Christmas Cookies for the soul...... (new book title?) I agree with Ian. I believe I once heard a song with the lyric "a world without hope is a place I don't want to live in". If anything Robyn, I would be feeling pride not shame that you're able to say you've survived the lottery that constitutes the modern marriage. Good luck to you and may you have many more happy years. Hey, I may have been bitten by a shark but it doesn't mean that I won't find myself another ocean one day - and I might even decide to take the plunge (if you catch my surreal meaning....) TEL - ----- Original Message ----- From: Ian Gifford To: Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 7:43 AM Subject: Alloy: Christmas Cookies for the soul...... (new book title?) Robyn wrote: > On the bright side, relationship-wise, today is Kevin and my 11th >anniversary of togetherness. (I feel a bit guilty sharing my happiness > >with all of you, considering, but there it is.) I hope you were kidding about feeling guilty. I feel all the better, knowing that you are happy. I smile for you and I Hope that the twelfth and thirteenth and all subsequent years are Magical! Ian ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 10:12:07 -0800 From: "Kathleen T. Presser" Subject: Re: Alloy: Christmas Cookies for the soul...... (new book title?) Well, to put my two cents in on the Christmas woes and cheers, the 29th of this month will mark four years that my husband and I have known each other. We are so happy with each other. I count myself so lucky to have such a sweet and boyish man to be my life partner. I hope he never fully grows up, as I hope I never fully grow up. We had a wonderful Christmas with both of our families and enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. My husband and I put on a Turkey and fixings dinner on Christmas day for my mom, my stepdad, my grandma and my brother. I got me a new yesterday too. I sympathize with you Dabbitt and everyone else who is suffering this season. I know what it is to be lonely and separated during the holidays. My two sons are with their father this holiday season. They are visiting relatives in Washington state. I missed having them at Christmas, yet I'm pretty sure they are having a good time with their relatives in Washington. Anyway, cheers to everyone in Alloy and to Thomas and your family this season. Peace, Kate;-) Terry Overall wrote: > I agree with Ian. > > I believe I once heard a song with the lyric "a world without hope is a > place I don't want to live in". > > If anything Robyn, I would be feeling pride not shame that you're able to > say you've survived the lottery that constitutes the modern marriage. > > Good luck to you and may you have many more happy years. > > Hey, I may have been bitten by a shark but it doesn't mean that I won't find > myself another ocean one day - and I might even decide to take the plunge > (if you catch my surreal meaning....) > > TEL > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ian Gifford > To: > Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 7:43 AM > Subject: Alloy: Christmas Cookies for the soul...... (new book title?) > > Robyn wrote: > > > On the bright side, relationship-wise, today is Kevin and my 11th > >anniversary of togetherness. (I feel a bit guilty sharing my happiness > > >with all of you, considering, but there it is.) > > I hope you were kidding about feeling guilty. I feel all the better, knowing > that you are happy. I smile for you and I Hope that the twelfth and > thirteenth and all subsequent years are Magical! > > Ian > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 13:06:29 -0600 From: "Julie Sweeney" Subject: Alloy: Re: alloy-digest V4 #344 First Dolby experience... "Blinded Me With Science" in high school doesn't count, so it would have to be 1988, in college and working at a pizza restaurant. We had a very fun and hip crew, and someone brought in AAMB, which got played more or less constantly. I loved each and every song, as did my husband (future husband, at that time, and also my boss!). Most people there did, but some didn't... one day, while "Airhead"was playing, one of the other girls actually said, "What's wrong with volleyball?" Which of course sent my husband and others into hysterics--because this particular person just happened to embody what that song's about. He still almost wets himself when that story comes up. As for him, after AAMB, he went out and got all the TMDR he could get his hands on, and of course this music has become quite special to the two of us. Thomas has gone on all our road trips, shared many quiet moments, and been the inspiration for many good discussions. I find that I become lost in his music, that it never becomes old or tired for me... As for my darling hubby, he has just joined Alloy, I know he's lurking, and for the record, he's Aries, April 7th. Hi Damien!!!! Julie Sweeney jsweeney@pcpros.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ > RThurF@aol.com wrote: > > > > And... it's become an informal tradition here for new members to post about > > the very first time Thomas Dolby's work came to their attention, if they > > wish. It isn't required by any means, but I know I love hearing these > > stories, so please indulge us! > > I've been lurking for a while now... > For a decade, starting in 1979 I toured with a pop group, singing and > playing guitar, and I carried with me a Yamaha CX5M music computer. My > fellow guitar players referred to my experiments as tinkertoy music, but > our keyboard player knew what I was trying to do. He gave me a tape > which he said I would like. It contained a song called "Airwaves". That > song blew my mind. As a amtter of fact, as I repeatedly listened to the > tape at night with headphones, each song created a movie in my head... > "Flying North", "Europa", "Cloudburst"... each stimulated a terrific > visual. > I played the tape for months. It was extended mixes of songs from > "Golden Age..." > I have enjoyed Dolby's music since. > > I also like Frank Zappa, Harry Nilsson, Flo & Eddie (The Turtles), Pat > Metheny and Peter Sarstedt... and tons of others. > > I'm an Aries. > > Happy Holidays to all > > > - -- > Doug Grose - The Crayons > Multimedia / Web Design > thecrayons@home.com > > ------------------------------ > > End of alloy-digest V4 #344 > *************************** > > ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 18:21:13 EST From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: Christmas Oowies/Weather in Britain/Europe Dabbitt, sorry you're going through a rough time this holiday season (and for your birthday, no less) I hadn't mentioned it before, but as of this year my husband and I have largely boycotted the gift end of Christmas season because it's obvious the commercialization has gotten way out of hand, more so than ever... and the pressure people find themselves under to find gifts for other people etc. and shell out tons of cash (which somehow they're supposed to magically have at christmastime, when we're all completely broke the rest of the year!) Our economy, in America at least, has become almost entirely Christmas-driven it seems!!! I routinely hear of people going into huge amounts of debt each and every year to (unwittingly??) perpetuate this, and it's sad because all the shopping & worrying just overshadows any sense of community that we should look forward to when getting together with friends and family. Where gifts are concerned, I find it's much more fun to spring gifts on people when they least expect it :) ! The anniversary of Dave's mom's death was two days before Christmas so it's always a bit sad for us. This year one of Dave's best friends Scott, a genuinely beautiful and gentle soul who is now a doctor, is in Bosnia serving as a medic, and is half a world away from his wife, their two-year-old son and their infant daughter (who was born just two days before he left for Bosnia in the Fall) We're proud that he's doing such a wonderful service to people so sorely in need of care - but everyone here misses him terribly and prays for his safe return. At Christmas/New Year holiday time there's just as much to celebrate as there is to find ourselves very pensive about - just as at any other time, though it sems all that much more focused in our minds now than at any other time of year. On a different tack... has everyone weathered the storms that are ripping across Europe and the south coasts of Britain? I hope that not too much damage has been done - though I've heard of some fatalities associated with these storms. I've been worried & I hope everyone's okay. I can remember the powerful winter winds of the Liverpool/Manchester area, which if you jumped up in the air, would shove you nearly a foot away from where you started (and yes we did do this as we walked through town, beneath those sodium lights - I can still picture it!) This was considered average for the season... so I can only imagine what these storms must be like. Robin T who misses England :( ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 18:23:33 EST From: RThurF@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: A small dilemma.. (Off subject) In a message dated 12/26/99 9:25:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, CJMark@aol.com writes: :: I really am not sure where to begin.. but thought if anyone would know.. it would be an Alloy person. Since I leave this Wednesday and fly overnight to arrive Thursday.. I don't know of a much better way to find information quickly. (Obviously.. finding these tickets would make me a hero in my friend's eyes.. which is never a bad thing!) :: I can't offer you any help with this - but you're so lucky to be travelling to England!! I'm very jealous :) Let us know how it goes!!! Robin T ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 22:40:33 EST From: Spencer2424@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: Re: Livewire LD & Merry Xmas In a message dated 12/21/99 3:24:31 AM Mountain Standard Time, andyjmail@cheerful.com writes: << So Craig, I'd be most grateful to find out whether the LD version is super-duper quality all through each track, or similarly afflicted. Thanks! >> Unfortunately, I do not own a machine capable of actually playing the laser disc I have of Live Wireless. Years ago, I had a friend of a friend transfer it to video for me, but I don't even have a stereo TV to play THAT on (it's a really old set with one speaker). I'm also not sure what equipment was used to make the transfer, so the VHS tape may not reflect the quality of the the laser disc. Sorry I couldn't be of more assistance! - - Craig ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V4 #347 ***************************