From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V6 #177 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, July 10 2001 Volume 06 : Number 177 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Alloy: Stupid Question [Robyn Moore ] Re: Alloy: The Alloy Q&A discussion Part IV [Robyn Moore ] Alloy: From Brussels With Love [jonathan.chiddick@nokia.com] Alloy: The wreck [jonathan.chiddick@nokia.com] Alloy: OT: Eric Ray Meyer ["Beth Meyer" ] Re: Alloy: OT: Eric Ray Meyer [Paul Baily ] Re: Alloy: OT: Eric Ray Meyer [CJMark@aol.com] Re: Alloy: OT: Eric Ray Meyer ["Robin Thurlow" ] Alloy: more Birthday wishes! ["Robin Thurlow" ] Re: Alloy: The wreck ["Robin Thurlow" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 01:33:12 -0700 From: Robyn Moore Subject: Re: Alloy: Stupid Question And lo! At 11:22 2001.07.08, the email zephyrs conveyed thy words unto me thusly: >Hi. I'm new here and have a question for you fellows. >What is "The Wreck of the Fairchild?" What album is it on? What's it's >history? >Thanks for any help. Hi! Welcome to our little group. :) "Wreck of the Fairchild" is a track that showed up on the first UK pressing of the "Golden Age of Wireless" LP and cassette, and as the B side to the first single pressing of Airwaves. It's not particularly easy to come by, although it does show up on eBay occasionally. According to Thomas himself, the song is about the events that eventually became the book and movie "Alive", about the plane that wrecked in the Andes, leaving the crew and passengers to survive the best they could, including cannibalism. (http://www.thomasdolby.com/sanctum/remember_5.html - 4th paragraph down) I don't remember exactly why it was later removed from GAOW, but I'm sure we must have someone here who's got a clue. Robyn M @ Robyn Moore @ http://www.wiccans.net/robyn.html @ You knew the job was dangerous when you took it. - S.C. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 01:38:38 -0700 From: Robyn Moore Subject: Re: Alloy: The Alloy Q&A discussion Part IV And lo! At 17:11 2001.07.08, the email zephyrs conveyed thy words unto me thusly: >Thanks for posting the fifth part of the interview, Jon - and it's good to >have you back! Ditto that - Welcome back, Jon! How was your trip? >It's funny... back a couple of years ago when my violin contract ran out and >I worked in a Chinese restaurant to make ends meet for a while, I used to >hear that Backstreet Boys song faintly over the radio & didn't know who it >was at the time... but I thought it was kind of a catchy, Motown-y sound. >Maybe I subconsciously made that connection! > >(...or maybe it was just the MSG fumes :) > >HOw perfectly evil of Thomas to swipe the song *before* it was ever even >made. He must've broken out the time machine again. ;) Robyn M @ Robyn Moore @ http://www.wiccans.net/robyn.html @ You knew the job was dangerous when you took it. - S.C. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 09:53:12 -0400 From: Robin Thurlow Subject: Re: Alloy: Stupid Question Robyn Moore wrote: > Hi! Welcome to our little group. :) > Yes, a very warm welcome Fudai , and other members just joining us! Out of extreme curiosity (and because I love stories!) I'd love to hear of how you first came to be a fan of Thomas' music, if you'd care to post a little bit about yourself. I hope you enjoy the list & as always, if there's ever anything you have questions or suggestions about please feel free to get in touch. xxx Robin T ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 23:27:55 +0300 From: jonathan.chiddick@nokia.com Subject: Alloy: From Brussels With Love Hi all, today was indeed a special day. When I got back from vacation there was a card from the post-office telling that there was a certain package waiting for me to be collected. Leaving work early I went down to the post office to pick it up. I had searched high and low for several years for a copy of 'From Brussels With Love' from Les Disques Du Cripuscule to get the Airwaves demo and there it finally was. I opened it immediately, it was a still sealed and virginal CD version! TWI 007-2. The dusty cellophane wrapper was quickly discarded and the CD was plopped into the changer straight away and I sat in the car virtually prickling with anticipation. It was worth the wait. Those of you that know me a little will know my predilection for the early stuff and I was not disappointed. Raw, earthy even a bit primitive but whoa! You can almost hear the neighbors banging on the wall next door! Voice, electric piano, Simmons drums (I'll wager) and bass. That's it. Simple. The piano part is different; more elaborate and melodical than the commercial version. The vocal is very honestly represented and admits flaws that are worth a whole album of studio work after 10 years without new material - in my humble opinion. The chorus vocal is very smooth and harmonious which in contrast with the verses is stark but very effective. I have recently been on a diet of studio stuff and what a feast this was. The middle part was quite amazing. An old-new lyric! Control has enabled the abandoned wires again but the copper cables all rust in the acid rain that if you incorporate [is that right?] the elements of our combustion cabled them to me... Dolby? That section sounded more than a little Bowie-esque to me. That very nasal performance beats the hell out of the other versions. Quite something. I've just listened to the FBWL and GAOW versions back to back and the FBWL version is sparse in comparison but at the same time exuberant in detail. Those details were probably not particularly desired at the time but they speak volumes today. 5'10" of history. The doubled tracked vocal in the chorus can be quite easily detected during its transition from the one take to another but that just adds to the flavor of the piece. I wish that there was more of this; I really do. Quite wonderful. If you have never heard this you must. ...it cost me ten dollars. (well 20 actually! for a still shrink wrapped CD - - original and including postage! I've seen used cassette versions go for 60 bucks on ebay. There is a god!) The source of this that I found had more than one. I bought two! - and besides Airwaves there is a very early 10' interview with Brian Eno on the disc, a '80's New Order track and The Durutti Column amongst a bunch of weird and wonderful stuff - Bargain! Woof woof! Happy Jon. BTW Robin, about the picture to go with the interview. Sadly there isn't any. It never occurred to me. If anyone really wants to catch a peek of me (and the missus) look here. http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Shrine/7847/ I warned you! Bah! Gorgeous isn't she! Lucky Jon! ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 23:41:20 +0300 From: jonathan.chiddick@nokia.com Subject: Alloy: The wreck Hi Fudai! welcome lurker from the deep. There are no stupid questions. Thomas wrote a song aeons ago called 'Sale Of The Century' which was never released due to his dissatisfaction with it but he liked the arrangement and some of the parts of it so much that he developed it to become a semi-instrumental track called ' The wreck Of the Fairchild' which was formed around the story of an aeroplane that crash-landed and the survivors were forced to canibalise their peers to survive. (at least that's what my memory tells me but I have had along day...) 'The Wreck' appeared on the original release of the Golden Age of Wireless but was subsequently discarded on re-release to make room for newer material. Please wait another week for the next interview installment and all will be revealed! Nice to hear from you! Anything else you would like to share? It's open season! Welcome! BR Jon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2001 18:33:29 -0600 From: "Beth Meyer" Subject: Alloy: OT: Eric Ray Meyer Hi, folks; Just to keep you posted, Eric Ray Meyer made his entrance this Sunday, July 8, at 4:06 am. He and his mom (Beth) are home from the hospital and doing fine. He likes the song "Valley of the Mind's Eye," but most of all so far, he likes eating :-) Cheers, a rather tired Beth bethmeyer@mindspring.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:52:44 +1000 From: Paul Baily Subject: Re: Alloy: OT: Eric Ray Meyer > Just to keep you posted, Eric Ray Meyer made his entrance this Sunday, > July 8, at 4:06 am. He and his mom (Beth) are home from the hospital > and doing fine. Woohoo!! Congratulations Beth & Mark! That's brilliant news! So glad to hear everything went well. cheers, Paul. This message powered by Dream On off Exciter/Depeche Mode. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 23:28:36 EDT From: CJMark@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: OT: Eric Ray Meyer Big CONGRATS to Beth and Mark and Eric too! Another Mark ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 23:38:13 -0400 From: "Robin Thurlow" Subject: Re: Alloy: OT: Eric Ray Meyer Congratulations to you, Beth!! and please give all our best to Mark, Milena and Eric. We wish all the happiness in the world to you. Photos, please!! :) xx ~R ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 23:57:18 -0400 From: "Robin Thurlow" Subject: Alloy: more Birthday wishes! I must also mention that Saturday the 7th was our dear Alloy founder and original list manager Paul Baily's birthday!! I've already grovelled to him about my forgetfulness, and for not having his birthday written down on my calendar, for some reason, of all the Alloy birthdays... I think it's up to all the members of this list to come up with a suitable punishment for me because of this. Happy Birthday Paul..!!! xxx ~R ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 00:00:07 -0400 From: "Robin Thurlow" Subject: Re: Alloy: The wreck Jon wrote: > > BR > Jon what does BR mean? in tenebris, Robin T ! ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V6 #177 ***************************