From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V5 #218 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 Friday, September 8 2000 Volume 05 : Number 218 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Alloy: (OT) this might be of interest [Robin Thurlow ] Re: Alloy: mmmmm...Galaxy [Robin Thurlow ] Re: Alloy: Re: Mondegreens again - Submarines [Robin Thurlow Subject: Alloy: (OT) this might be of interest I thought I'd forward this along since it's significant in terms of preserving our artistic and cultural heritage (and I could do a tie in to this week's TMDR Song of the Week, but I think I'll save that for later! :) The house in which Edgar Allen Poe wrote some of his most beloved works is scheduled to be destroyed by NYU. This is not only of importance to the literary community, but also to those who would support architechtural preservation/conservation of historical monuments. If you're interested in having a say in the matter, please read the following & visit the link. Sorry for the off-topic diversion. Thanks, Robin T > A number of significant--and encouraging--developments have taken place > since the petition drive began. On July 30, a temporary restraining order > was issued against NYU, halting the demolition just moments before it was > scheduled to begin. This restraining order, which also protects the > neighboring Judson Houses, built in the 1830s, was upheld in New York > State Supreme Court earlier this month. Last week, affidavits and a > memorandum of law challenging the demolition were submitted by our > attorneys, and Judge Lippman is expected to to rule on the case in > September. You can download the memorandum (PDF format) from our > protest-letter web site at: > http://nmc2.itc.virginia.edu/cyclorama/poe/news2.html > > The fate of the Poe House now hangs by a thread, and your support is > urgently needed. Scaffolding and razor wire surround the building, and > NYU is poised to begin demolition at a moment's notice. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 19:20:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Dennis Alexander Subject: Alloy: OOOS Sorry but I don't get to my mail on a regular basis, but... I almost chose this song for this years tribute. It's just so incredible! On the "heavy water", it always just made sense to me that a sunken sub is down where the water is much heavier, as in pressure. And perhaps the "stone" was the rock the sub struck and from the inside of the sub, you could say that the sub was "drinking heavy water from a stone.". >> It's weird when you >> feel so alone in the company of others. >Hey Jon, >this is true of a lot of creative people. Just about every >artist I know has >this sensation, of being an observer rather than 'in the mix'... >but it can be a >good way to view the world, I think, because it keeps you aware >of things you >wouldn't ordinarily see. >Robin T I think the people in this group in general can probably relate to you very well on this, Jon. Most of us are Doctors, artists, techno-geeks and such; much like Thomas himself. I've been a computer professional for the last 13 years and a musical artist since (dare I say) the age of 3... or younger, if you consider that before I spoke my first word, I would hum, hours on end, fascinated with the resonance. The older I get the more I hate pop music but, even though, by literal definition, that is where Thomas' music fits, it just doesn't 'fit the mold', like that for me. That's why I've admired him so much; the scientist who has learned to take things that normally don't work together and figure out how they can... and somehow, quite naturally, I might add! The people in this group are explorers, thinkers, dreamers. We don't see the world as the 'others' do. Just yesterday, I commented to a co-worker of mine whose a near-genius (if not), how I can walk down a hall and see someone coming directly into my path, and how without skipping a beat, fully engaged in a deep discussion, I take full notice out of the corner of my eye of how that other person coming at me is completely oblivious to our impending crash-course. It has to be that because, I'm the only on in every case who makes the necessary course adjustments to avoid a collision... that or they're just dumb bullies who are going to plow their way through regardless. Ok, I think I slipped off on some tangent there that most of you probably really just don't care about. I do that a lot. I guess my point is, I always seem to be observing while the rest of the world is in some form of free-form, mindless bouncing into 'who knows what that was!', and all these people just wondering how we got where we all are. Which I have to laugh at with the response, "Simple..." and rattle off for another hour on what should be obvious to everyone, but never is... That may be why I've stayed with this group of people all these years. Though it's extremely diverse and many here hold opinions that I can't align myself with, they at least understand me, and I, them. Ok, I've rattled on too long. I'll shut up for now. ... and Robin, I have no problem being quoted on Thomas' site. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 20:48:24 -0400 From: Robin Thurlow Subject: Re: Alloy: mmmmm...Galaxy Barbara Cohen wrote: > >first I ate my Milky Way > >then I ate my Mars > >but sucking on a Galaxy > > I was over in England recently and had to get a Galaxy bar just becasue of > this!! We don't have them in the US and I never knew what they were, > besides chocolate, by association with the others. But nothing beats > Cadbury's for me. I tried just about every Cadbury's bar while there! :) Yes, Cadbury's is the best I think, I have many fond memories of the Flake bar!! I was lucky when I lived in Boston, and came across a Cambridge import shop that had almost all of my favorite candy from the UK. ~sigh~ Hard to believe Cadbury Flake can never be more than a memory to me now, because if I eat one now my head will explode! (Barbara, I think you were still away when the tragedy occured... I discovered that sugar and chocolate were triggering my migraines. Help meee.. ) I can still *smell* it at least! xx Robin T ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 21:00:26 -0400 From: Robin Thurlow Subject: Re: Alloy: Re: Mondegreens again - Submarines andyjmail@cheerful.com wrote: > Isn't Pulp Culture a bit of a leap forwards?! Sorry Andy! Did I give you a shock? I've been wanting to delve into some of the AAMB material for a change of pace. Has everyone been giving 'Pulp Culture' lots of thought? My own will be posted shortly! Meanwhile please don't hesitate to bring up other songs we've already mentioned, if you haven't written in yet but would like to. The songs we've just covered are One of our Submarines, Cloudburst at Shingle Street, Urges, and Valley of the Mind's Eye. I'm also going through our archives to find all the interpretations that have ever been written (many of you will remember we've indulged in song discussions quite a few times in the past here @ Alloy) Robin T ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V5 #218 ***************************