From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V7 #81 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 Wednesday, May 1 2002 Volume 07 : Number 081 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Alloy: windpower code [William Steffey ] Re: Alloy: windpower code [Brian Clayton ] Re: Alloy: windpower code ["Sally Allan" ] Re: Alloy: windpower code [William Steffey ] Alloy: windpower code ["Mary A. Brown" ] Re: Alloy: windpower code ["Sally Allan" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 13:15:52 -0500 From: William Steffey Subject: Alloy: windpower code Hello everybody! At the beginning (and end) of Windpower there is a little part that sounds like morse code- does anyone know what the translation is? I've spent a little time trying to transcribe it, but it's eluding me. This is my first post to Alloy! I'm looking forward to being a part of the group. sincerely, William ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 16:45:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Clayton Subject: Re: Alloy: windpower code On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, William Steffey wrote: > Hello everybody! > At the beginning (and end) of Windpower there is a little part that > sounds like morse code- does anyone know what the translation is? I've > spent a little time trying to transcribe it, but it's eluding me. This > is my first post to Alloy! I'm looking forward to being a part of the > group. Welcome, William! Glad you could join us. RE: morse code: The "morse code" at the beginning of "Windpower" is very likely not "real" code at all. I've tried to slow it down, but still could not copy anything from it. There are few discernable letters in the code, mostly strings of 'dits' and 'dahs' (or 'dots' and 'dashes') which might be read as O's ( - - - ) or S's ( . . . ) or H's ( . . . . ), but are probably just random. There do not seem to be any clear breaks between 'letters', and the dits and dahs are not of consistant length, often sounding much like stuttering (d-d-dit dah dah). Morse operators would say that this particular operator has a really bad 'fist'. :) Conclusion: Thomas probably just banged out something on his Fairlight that sounded "Morse-y" and looped it for the intro and outro of "Windpower". I Could, Of Course, Be Wrong. If anyone has managed to make out a real message in "Windpower", please come forward! BC PS: No, Crackers, I don't think it says, "For a good time call Brenda O'Leary." - -- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 01:05:55 +0100 From: "Sally Allan" Subject: Re: Alloy: windpower code Hi William, Good question! Now here's one for you - if you're willing, please tell us a little about yourself. As you're new - have you heard about the "Forty" cd? It's a live version of some of Thomas's songs, and not to be missed (and no, I'm not paid to say that!) Details are at www.cdbaby.com/dolby Welcome to Alloy, Sally x ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 21:09:28 -0500 From: William Steffey Subject: Re: Alloy: windpower code Hi Bryan and Sally x! I found pretty much the same thing with the code, and wondered if maybe it was some other kind of cipher. I agree it's probably just morse-sounding. As far as introductions... my name is William Steffey, I'm a 31 year old Chicagoan who's been a fan of TDMR for a long time. I bought the 'Science' 45 when it came out, then heard Airhead on the radio years later and said "who is that!?!?". I called the radio station to ask and soon after bought Aliens, Flat Earth, Astronauts, et al. I'm a webdesigner / musician type, and just released my own cd called Roadstar. (as coincidence would have it- one of the songs has a bassline crafted from a morse code message!) I do own a copy of the Fourty cd, but really I'm waiting for a new full-blown studio cd with Thomas's excellent mixture of acoustic / electric instruments as well as the synth. I feel it's what he does best. In fact, I think he's the pioneer of "responsible" use of the synth within the context of contemporary music. When the Flat Earth website went up in the early 90's, Thomas asked me to craft an essay based on some emails I wrote about "the cube". It's not on the FS site now, but may be able to dig it up and post it to Alloy if anyone's interested. Thanks for the kind welcome and I hope to see your posts sometime soon. William Sally Allan wrote: >Hi William, > >Good question! Now here's one for you - if you're willing, please tell us a >little about yourself. As you're new - have you heard about the "Forty" cd? >It's a live version of some of Thomas's songs, and not to be missed (and no, >I'm not paid to say that!) >Details are at www.cdbaby.com/dolby > >Welcome to Alloy, > >Sally x ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 22:41:54 -0400 From: "Mary A. Brown" Subject: Alloy: windpower code Woohoo! Welcome William! I remember you from the ol' Kspace list days. Good to have you among us again. If memory serves, BC is absolutely right about the morse code. There was an interview in the distant past in which TMDR says it's just nonsense, I do believe. And if you get the chance, would you send along a Giordano's pizza? They just can't do a proper deep dish out here in California. And on other Dolby news, I recently had the distinct pleasure of meeting Larry Fast, keyboard player extraordinaire. My boyfriend and I quizzed him about his work on Foreigner 4, asking if he or TMDR was responsible for the synth hook on "Waiting For a Girl Like You". He was very diplomatic, saying that he and Thomas had discussed this in the past and since they both did a version based on the musical idea from Mick Jones, neither was sure whose version actually ended up on the final piece. Mary ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 04:57:00 +0100 From: "Sally Allan" Subject: Re: Alloy: windpower code > When the Flat Earth website went up in the early 90's, Thomas asked me > to craft an essay based on some emails I wrote about "the cube". It's > not on the FS site now, but may be able to dig it up and post it to > Alloy if anyone's interested. I'm interested! Please post it, Sally ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V7 #81 **************************