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alloy-digest Thursday, May 3 2001 Volume 06 : Number 111
Today's Subjects:
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Alloy: Retrospectacle [jonathan.chiddick@nokia.com]
Re: Alloy: Retrospectacle [Robin Thurlow <rthurlow@binghamton.edu>]
Alloy: wreck of the fairchild ["janet latham" <janet.latham@talk21.com>]
Re: Alloy: quickie for Slarv - again - [Slarvibarglhee <slarvibarglhee@al]
Alloy: WOTF Interpretation [Spencer2424@aol.com]
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Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 14:34:48 +0300
From: jonathan.chiddick@nokia.com
Subject: Alloy: Retrospectacle
Hi all,
Paul Baily wrote:
> I found myself firing up the Golden Age of Wireless again.
>
> Rediscovery time: I'm sure you don't need me to tell you that
> this album is just /beautiful/, timeless, and brilliant.
It really is isn't it. I carefully placed one of my GAOW copies with TWOTF
and gave it a spin today. I suppose I have played TGAOW about 1000 times but
out of them I have probably only heard TWOTF 6 or so times. This is most
definitely a conscious decision for me. 'New' TMDR music is as rare as
rocking-horse shit and there are a couple of tracks like TWOTF and the
guitar version of Radio Silence that I didn't get copies of until quite
recently. I tend to save them for special occasions.
I also recently bought The Gate on DVD and had much the same response to
Valley Of The Minds Eye. Lovely.
Oh to be able to root about in his basement for a hour or two. I bet there
are treasures beyond comprehension to be found lying in dust shrouded
isolation. Bake us a another tape Mr R. Pleeeeze. What about the reggae
version of My Brain Is Like A Sieve? We would love to hear that one.
Greetings from sunny Finland. (Winter is gone, woohoo!)
Jon
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Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 11:15:22 -0400
From: Robin Thurlow <rthurlow@binghamton.edu>
Subject: Re: Alloy: Retrospectacle
jonathan.chiddick@nokia.com wrote:
> I suppose I have played TGAOW about 1000 times but
> out of them I have probably only heard TWOTF 6 or so times.
I understand your logic, but like a kid with candy, I can't help but
indulge in any and all of his music as often as I can. In particular
Wreck of the Fairchild is one I like to play a lot. The one line of
lyrics on the recording (though it seems to be sung differently than the
original conception which is in a handwritten note in Thomas' FES
Gallery) is quite chilling. The elements within the music could not be
more beautifully arranged. I really love this piece.
xxxxx
Robin T
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Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 18:43:43 +0100
From: "janet latham" <janet.latham@talk21.com>
Subject: Alloy: wreck of the fairchild
I fully agree - the w.o.t.f . is a great track , one of my favourites
alongside Therapy/Growth,I hardly ever hear that track , yet when I do , I
always wonder why ive left it so long --- and why isnt it on any CD??????.
By the way - for anyone who maybe hasnt seen a similar item -- the spanish
single - Wreck of Fairchild/Airwaves - has a great cover to it - taken from
one of the videos of Live Wireless - cant remember which one at present .
Oh yes - dont worry im going to sort out my own e mail address soon - my wifes
getting bored of receiving emails which have nothing to do with her.
Paul
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Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 23:03:49 +0100
From: Slarvibarglhee <slarvibarglhee@alloy99.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Alloy: quickie for Slarv - again -
Oops, I checked but forgot to post the answer.
Yes, they're still there, on the 26th floor. A mobile phone company moved
in somewhere on the upper floors about a year ago, so now the lifts are
invariably full of teens or early twenty-somethings who work on their help
lines, usually slagging off their compnay for one reason or another
(probably poor working conditions and rates of pay). We're about to start
a refurbishment, after which I'll be moving down to the 11th floor. I'll
miss the view but not sharing the lifts with these youngsters .... oh dog,
I'm starting to sound like a grumpy old man.
Slarv
Tim Hudson wrote:
> Question for SLARV......
>
> Are MVA still in the office tower in Manchester city centre?
>
> I used to work with them there about 7 years ago - I cant remember the
> floor number !
>
> Tim.
>
> --
> Tim Hudson
> tim_hudson@zdnetonebox.com - email
>
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Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 21:43:30 EDT
From: Spencer2424@aol.com
Subject: Alloy: WOTF Interpretation
In a message dated 5/2/01 10:26:33 AM Central Daylight Time,
rthurlow@binghamton.edu writes:
<< In particular
Wreck of the Fairchild is one I like to play a lot. The one line of
lyrics on the recording (though it seems to be sung differently than the
original conception which is in a handwritten note in Thomas' FES
Gallery) is quite chilling. The elements within the music could not be
more beautifully arranged. I really love this piece.
>>
Just for the fun of the discussion, I've always liked to think of "Wreck of
the Fairchild" as the missing "prequel" to "Airwaves." The end of the
"Wreck" has that same radio noise sound that serves as an intro to
"Airwaves." In fact, you can almost mix them right into each other at that
point.
So the way I like to think of Airwaves is that the guy singing it was one of
the guys on board the "Fairchild." And when the vessel went down, he was the
lone survivor. But he found himself stuck in a foreign (and politically
opposed) country, with no way to tell his comrades that he was actually still
alive. So he spends his evenings on some broken down Ham radio, trying in
vain to contact someone from home. In the meantime, he continues to lead a
double-life, always paranoid that he will be discovered for who he really is.
I'm sure that wasn't Thomas's intent, but I've always liked that back-story
idea for the songs. Happy listening!
- - Craig
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