From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V11 #108 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, April 25 2006 Volume 11 : Number 108 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: Alloy: Portland Leg (spoilers) ["Keith Stansell" ] Alloy: I'll be the one in the diaper... ["Damien Sweeney" Subject: RE: Alloy: Portland Leg (spoilers) Thanks for the review "the other" Robyn. It's cool that he knows us Alloy folk from 10 years of off topic conversions. Reading your review has gotten me excited about seeing another show next month I'm so glad that my fellow Colorado Alloyers get to see him as well (start looking up babysitters Beth). I'm also glad that he is giving the story about his childhood fear of flying again. I can't help but think of that when I fly now. I just hope he is ready to do some of the new material by the end of May when he plays Denver Thanks again for the review - and here's wishing that every Alloy member gets to see Thomas live and in person this year. - -Keith in Denver - No longer the Sole Inhabitant Offer stands - free room for any Alloy member who can make it to Colorado (/\/\iles and Mary first dibbs). - -----Original Message----- From: owner-alloy@smoe.org [mailto:owner-alloy@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Robyn Moore Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 8:54 PM To: alloy@smoe.org Subject: Alloy: Portland Leg (spoilers) After having recovered from yesterday's -very- long day, I have a few minutes to talk about last night's show. I had Kevin drop me off at the venue at about 6:30, figuring I'd be fairly back in line since doors opened at 7, but there were only about 6-8 people in front of me. However, the queue started picking up a few minutes after that, so it turned out I had good timing. The Aladdin is an old theatre, with a balcony, rows of seats, and about 10' between the front row and the stage. I got a seat in the front row and settled in to rest my feet for a few. After a bit, I left my jacket as a seat marker and went to check out the merchandise stand. That's where I got a chance to meet Lunesse, who's a total sweetie. We chatted for a bit while I bought a couple t-shirts, only to discover I won the meet-n-greet lottery. After I grabbed a drink from the concession stand, I settled back in to wait for the opening band, Basic Pleasure Model. They had a setup on the same sort of tech level as Thomas's - a couple Apple laptops, synthesizers, keyboards and a couple guitars. They turned out to be a duet with a technoish kind of sound, which I liked a lot. Thomas later mentioned in his set that they were old friends of his from Beatnik, who hadn't played live for 9 years, so they were just getting back on their musical legs after a long hiatus as well. (For anyone who wants to hear them, their webpage is http://www.myspace.com/basicpleasuremodel) They played for about 35-40 minutes, and then there was a 20 minute intermission between their set and Thomas's, so I took the opportunity to go pick up the CDs they had for sale and stretch my legs again. I was gratified to see that someone who was on their third trip through the line finally won a meet-n-greet stamp, particularly since they'd been behind me when I won, so I'd felt the teeniest bit guilty for buying my shirts on multiple receipts. ;) Finally, Thomas came on. Long trenchcoat, goggles, headphone, ThomasCam, the works. The set list was the same as the one Elaine posted, so there's no need to post it again. ;) Everyone stayed in their seats while Leipzig played, so after that, Thomas pointed in mock annoyance to the space between the front row and the stage and exhorted people to come fill it up. Needless to say, there was a significant rush toward the stage. Those of us in the front row had been warned by the theatre staff that our view might be obstructed if people got up to dance, and sure enough I couldn't see a thing, so I wound up standing throughout the rest of the show just to get a good view. The inevitable glitch occurred during Submarines, at which point he quipped that by the time he was done sorting it out, we'd know it by heart, finished the song, and made the "free shirts if it happens again" promise. He went on to talk about the picture of his Uncle Stephen, and how he'd never met him. At that point, he talked about how much he likes Portland, and that his brother and niece live here. From there, he talked about how after having travelled to all sorts of fabulous places, he wound up living in Hollywood, and segue'd into the story about Griffith Observatory, which led into Suitcase. He talked about his odd childhood fear of flying before Flying North, and he told the bible stand story before Budapest, which was the only song he played sitting down. He then moved on to talking about how he'd developed an interest in sunspots, and when he synthesized some of the collected data from that, it came out in the same key as Windpower. He moved on to Europa without much comment that I remember, and then talked about how he'd built songs onstage as a timekiller earlier in the tour, but people liked it so he kept it in, which led to him constructing Hyperactive on the fly. He moved on to Science, asking people to clap and sing along with a cute little comment about "I know you're all geeks, but you can still dance". At that point he left, only to come back after the obligatory hooting and stomping. He then asked what people wanted to hear for an encore, only to be greeted with an unintelligible roar as everyone shouted out their faves. Of course, he settled on Airhead. That's when the inevitable second glitch occurred, so out came the t-shirts. I almost caught one, but the persons in front of me were taller with longer arms. ;) After that, the show was over, and all that was left was the meet-n-greet. There was a little trouble before Thomas came out with a couple "I don't have to leave, I'm a person too" sorts, but it was quickly taken care of. We watched the backstage crew take down lights and cameras and such while we waited - there's no way I'd get up there. A little bit later, Thomas came out, but I needed to give my feet another break, so I was about the last person in the queue before the theatre staff. He was very gracious to everyone, chatting and taking pictures and such, so it took a while to get to me. I was so full of butterflies I thought they'd fly out my mouth when I opened it. But Thomas was a complete gentleman about it. When I mentioned I was the other Robyn from Alloy, his face lit up like "Oh yeah, I know you", and we had a lovely chat about a surprising range of stuff, considering how short a time we had. While we talked, he autographed one of my shirts and the back of my ticket stub. We then said goodbye, and I left to ring Kevin to have him pick me up. Important points from convo - They're still working on getting his old material out on DVD, they're filming in hopes of putting out a tour disc, and most importantly.....He's hoping to do another tour this fall with new material. :) Needless to say, I had a fabulous time, and it was totally worth having sore feet all day today. Hope I didn't ramble on too long, RobynM @ Robyn Moore @ http://www.wiccans.net/robyn.html @ You knew the job was dangerous when you took it. - S.C. - -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.5/321 - Release Date: 4/21/2006 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:16:42 -0500 From: "Damien Sweeney" Subject: Alloy: I'll be the one in the diaper... While the Milwaukee show is actually closer for us, we can't make that date. But my most excellent wife Julie (a fellow lurker here on Alloy) bought us tickets to the Chicago show (a 5 hour drive one way!) on May 16th! (!) She is telling everyone we know that she's making me wear a diaper to the show since I'm going to absolutely lose complete control actually seeing Thomas live for the first time. After reading all of these reports of the shows, the cool gear & the meet-n-greets - um, she's most likely right! But she's one to talk being a monster huge fan herself. (In our house Thomas is referred to as her #2 boyfriend) I half suspect that SHE was the "Creepy Stalker Girl" that Keith reported on, except I'm pretty sure that she was with me at the time... although, come to think of it, I have never seen the two of them together in the same place... hmmm. To echo Cory: Is there anyone here going to the Chicago show on the 16th? Anyone, anyone? It would be great to actually meet some of you after all these years of reading you. Crackers - thoroughly enjoyed - and agree with - your rant on Internet monitoring - well stated. Tell the Flock I say "hi" - what a great gig that's going to be! Back in the late 80's my band actually got to open up for Modern English - a complete and total blast! We expect pictures!! Damien (aka. Dissident) (hoping that Depends come in a low profile version) > Alloy: Milwaukee ["Cory Stickel" >] > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 11:28:19 -0400 >From: "Cory Stickel" >Subject: Alloy: Milwaukee > >Anybody going to the Milwaukee concert on the 18th? I think it would be >great to meet some of you. :) > >Also, just out of curiosity: what CDs have been available at the shows? >I heard just "Golden Age of Wireless," "Flat Earth," and >"Retrospectacle," but I was wondering if there were other albums that >have been added as the tour progressed. > >Thanx a bunch! >Cory (aka. Europa) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:51:04 -0600 From: "Keith Stansell" Subject: RE: Alloy: I'll be the one in the diaper... Concerned about little rivers of anticipation running down your inseam huh? - -----Original Message----- From: owner-alloy@smoe.org [mailto:owner-alloy@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Damien Sweeney Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 2:17 PM To: alloy@smoe.org Subject: Alloy: I'll be the one in the diaper... While the Milwaukee show is actually closer for us, we can't make that date. But my most excellent wife Julie (a fellow lurker here on Alloy) bought us tickets to the Chicago show (a 5 hour drive one way!) on May 16th! (!) She is telling everyone we know that she's making me wear a diaper to the show since I'm going to absolutely lose complete control actually seeing Thomas live for the first time. After reading all of these reports of the shows, the cool gear & the meet-n-greets - um, she's most likely right! But she's one to talk being a monster huge fan herself. (In our house Thomas is referred to as her #2 boyfriend) I half suspect that SHE was the "Creepy Stalker Girl" that Keith reported on, except I'm pretty sure that she was with me at the time... although, come to think of it, I have never seen the two of them together in the same place... hmmm. To echo Cory: Is there anyone here going to the Chicago show on the 16th? Anyone, anyone? It would be great to actually meet some of you after all these years of reading you. Crackers - thoroughly enjoyed - and agree with - your rant on Internet monitoring - well stated. Tell the Flock I say "hi" - what a great gig that's going to be! Back in the late 80's my band actually got to open up for Modern English - a complete and total blast! We expect pictures!! Damien (aka. Dissident) (hoping that Depends come in a low profile version) > Alloy: Milwaukee ["Cory Stickel" >] > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 11:28:19 -0400 >From: "Cory Stickel" >Subject: Alloy: Milwaukee > >Anybody going to the Milwaukee concert on the 18th? I think it would be >great to meet some of you. :) > >Also, just out of curiosity: what CDs have been available at the shows? >I heard just "Golden Age of Wireless," "Flat Earth," and >"Retrospectacle," but I was wondering if there were other albums that >have been added as the tour progressed. > >Thanx a bunch! >Cory (aka. Europa) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:41:15 -0700 From: "Stephen Tilson" Subject: RE: Alloy: I'll be the one in the diaper... > Concerned about little rivers of anticipation running down your inseam, > huh? LOL! > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-alloy@smoe.org [mailto:owner-alloy@smoe.org] On Behalf Of > Keith Stansell > Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 1:51 PM > To: alloy@smoe.org > Subject: RE: Alloy: I'll be the one in the diaper... ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V11 #108 ****************************