From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V11 #241 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, December 29 2006 Volume 11 : Number 241 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Alloy: Re: announcement, plus blizzard photos [Beth Meyer Subject: Alloy: Re: announcement, plus blizzard photos Hello, all; Thanks, Robin, for all your hard work over the past years, and congrats and good luck to Melissa! While I know the list is in excellent hands, I do hope you get some perks out of it (that can be your and Robin's secret, though). I finally got some photos from the recent Colorado blizzard up on the web - just in time for us to get more snow tonight, perhaps about a foot or so. (We are going skiing today - maybe we should just plan to ski right back to our house!) They are at: http://www.flickr.com/gp/62858090@N00/9uO6Yq Cheers, Beth (who fortunately was not planning to go anywhere for the holidays!) bethmeyer@mindspring.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:10:28 -0500 From: "Thurlow, Robin" Subject: RE: Alloy: Re: announcement, plus blizzard photos Beth, those photographs are great!! And I can hardly believe my eyes when I look at your children because they look EXACTLY like you and Mark. Have a great time skiing (though you're right... why go anywhere? You can ski down the hills made by the snowplows) xxx ~robin ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:15:11 EST From: CJMark@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: Re: announcement, plus blizzard photos Cool shots Beth! Makes me feel very nice here in sunny and warm Southern California! In my opinion.. winter is something that you should go to.. not something that should come to you! Good luck with the shoveling! Mark In a message dated 12/28/06 5:43:21 AM, bethmeyer@mindspring.com writes: > > Hello, all; > > Thanks, Robin, for all your hard work over the past years, and congrats and > good luck to Melissa! While I know the list is in excellent hands, I do > hope you get some perks out of it (that can be your and Robin's secret, > though). > > I finally got some photos from the recent Colorado blizzard up on the web - > just in time for us to get more snow tonight, perhaps about a foot or so. > (We are going skiing today - maybe we should just plan to ski right back to > our house!) > > They are at: > > http://www.flickr.com/gp/62858090@N00/9uO6Yq ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:12:43 EST From: CJMark@aol.com Subject: Re: Alloy: Announcement. Year's End - New Beginnings! Wow.. big changes for 2007! Thank you Robin for your ongoing energy and enthusiasm taking care of us Alloy folk! I know it means dedicating great amounts of time and labor and you have done so quite diligently! My best for your new life ventures! And congratulations.. Melissa! It will be great to have you maintaining our list for the new year! It is so great to just sit here and easily see what everyone is doing without having to worry about all the technical stuff that goes on behind the scenes! Glad to know you're taking on the task!! And to everyone.. my best wishes for a healthy and most Happy New Year enjoying new music by our inspiring friend and mentor.. Mr. Dolby! Mark In a message dated 12/27/06 11:58:36 AM, rthurlow@binghamton.edu writes: > > Dear Alloy Members, > > The year 2006 has brought us great news and spectacular events. > > Our Fearless Mr. Dolby has taken up his tour (!!!) and has received > extraordinary acclaim from fans and fellow musicians. Scores of new > listeners are being introduced to Thomas' music thanks to his innovative > solo shows and the great publicity he's been generating as a true artist > and master of the craft. He's also composing music for our very eager > hearts and minds. > > I'm sure I speak for everyone at Alloy when I say, CONGRATULATIONS, > Thomas, on all of your success!! We all look forward very avidly to > each new direction your work might take. We're hanging on your every > note. We love you!! > > It is indeed a privilege to be part of Thomas' core group of long-time > fans, in whom he will always find great admiration, intense enthusiasm > and encouragement. > > I do need to make a personal and professional announcement to all of my > friends here at Alloy. I may sound a bit awkward, because this is a bit > difficult for me to say. But after many years, I must sadly announce > that I will be stepping down as List Owner. It has been a tremendous > honour to have held the position for so long. Through this list I have > made strong friendships that I know will endure for the rest of my life. > I've come to think of Alloy as a refuge. > > It is now my great pleasure, though, to announce Melissa Jordan as the > new Owner of Alloy. > > Many of you here already know Melissa quite well. She has always been a > brilliant, poised, friendly and welcoming presence, on this List, and > wherever else her travels have taken her. She has lived in the United > States, England and Russia, and has held more professional positions in > the fields of international human relations and education than I can > even begin to list. She is a writer, visual artist, singer and skilled > craftsperson. Currently, Melissa is employed by the National Geographic > Society and is writing and performing her own segments for broadcast on > National Public Radio. > > Melissa has been a long-time proponent of Thomas' music throughout his > career, and has become one of his dearest friends. Alloy's unique > atmosphere of civility, comfort and friendship is one which she deeply > enjoys and wishes wholeheartedly to continue as List Owner. > > Please join me in welcoming Melissa in her new position! > > Thanks, and very best wishes to everyone for the coming year.. > > xxx > ~robin ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:44:33 -0600 From: "Kara R. Laidlaw" Subject: Re: Alloy: Announcement. Year's End - New Beginnings! Ah, Robin, it's been lovely getting to know you. I'm sure you'll still pop by now and then, right? :^) You couldn't be handing Alloy over to a more deserving lady. The Alloy list continues to be in good hands! :^) Keep up the great work, Merujo!!! :^) And no, Paul Baily, I haven't forgotten about you, either. If Alloy can be likened to a baton, then it's sure passed from one great, warm hand to another, to another, over the years. :^) Love and bittersweet occasions, Kara <3 <3 <3 <--those are meant to be hearts! ;^) ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, > From: "Thurlow, Robin" > Date: 2006/12/27 Wed PM 01:52:32 CST > To: > Subject: Alloy: Announcement. Year's End - New Beginnings! > > > Dear Alloy Members, > > The year 2006 has brought us great news and spectacular events. > > Our Fearless Mr. Dolby has taken up his tour (!!!) and has received > extraordinary acclaim from fans and fellow musicians. Scores of new > listeners are being introduced to Thomas' music thanks to his innovative > solo shows and the great publicity he's been generating as a true artist > and master of the craft. He's also composing music for our very eager > hearts and minds. > > I'm sure I speak for everyone at Alloy when I say, CONGRATULATIONS, > Thomas, on all of your success!! We all look forward very avidly to > each new direction your work might take. We're hanging on your every > note. We love you!! > > It is indeed a privilege to be part of Thomas' core group of long-time > fans, in whom he will always find great admiration, intense enthusiasm > and encouragement. > > I do need to make a personal and professional announcement to all of my > friends here at Alloy. I may sound a bit awkward, because this is a bit > difficult for me to say. But after many years, I must sadly announce > that I will be stepping down as List Owner. It has been a tremendous > honour to have held the position for so long. Through this list I have > made strong friendships that I know will endure for the rest of my life. > I've come to think of Alloy as a refuge. > > It is now my great pleasure, though, to announce Melissa Jordan as the > new Owner of Alloy. > > Many of you here already know Melissa quite well. She has always been a > brilliant, poised, friendly and welcoming presence, on this List, and > wherever else her travels have taken her. She has lived in the United > States, England and Russia, and has held more professional positions in > the fields of international human relations and education than I can > even begin to list. She is a writer, visual artist, singer and skilled > craftsperson. Currently, Melissa is employed by the National Geographic > Society and is writing and performing her own segments for broadcast on > National Public Radio. > > Melissa has been a long-time proponent of Thomas' music throughout his > career, and has become one of his dearest friends. Alloy's unique > atmosphere of civility, comfort and friendship is one which she deeply > enjoys and wishes wholeheartedly to continue as List Owner. > > Please join me in welcoming Melissa in her new position! > > Thanks, and very best wishes to everyone for the coming year.. > > xxx > ~robin ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:54:47 -0800 (PST) From: Melissa Jordan Subject: Re: Alloy: Announcement. Year's End - New Beginnings! It had to be a good omen. This morning, after I dropped my sister off at 5:30 in the morning for her shift at the hospital, I sat in her car, drinking some badly mangled coffee, waiting for the local Kinko's to open up. I'd written three commentaries yesterday for the local NPR station here in the lovely Quad Cities, and I needed to print them up before driving over to record them at the studio. I flipped on the car radio just in time to hear a cheesy DJ say, "And now, I'm gonna blind you with science!" And those familiar opening notes filled the car. I had to chuckle. Hearing Dolby on the radio in the town where I first heard his music back in '82 or '83 improved the flavor of the burnt espresso beans in my cup. When I finally got inside the non-24-hour Kinko's here, I logged in to their one and only workstation and checked my e-mail. As I was reading Robin's lovely message, the most astounding thing happened. I heard "Missing... missing... missing... missing... one of our submarines... is missing tonight..." over the Kinko's sound system. This time, I didn't chuckle, I just grinned and laughed out loud. I think the grandmotherly woman on duty thought I was slightly nuts. Yep. Had to be an omen. A very good one, in fact. Alloy was my very first online home. Just a few weeks ago, I was telling someone that when I got online back in '92 or '93, the first thing I did on Usenet was look up Thomas Dolby. What a geeky fangirl I was! I didn't seek out college friends or find family... Nope. I looked for the talented Mr. Robertson. And, through one of TMDR's collaborators, I found Alloy. I bonded with this group of Dolby-folk pretty fast, and it's been so wonderful to know so many of you online for more than a decade now. I went away from Alloy for a while, after 9-11, after my mother died... but even when I was gone, I checked the archives all the time to see what was going on. And when I came back late last year, it felt a little like coming home. Alloy has had the benefit of superior stewardship over the years... my wonderful friend Paul Baily... my equally wonderful friend Robin Hazen... and I am tremendously grateful to Robin for having faith in me to maintain Alloy and keep it a friendly, positive community. I know that stepping down was difficult for Robin, but she is a creative force with many irons in the fire. I know she wanted to make sure that the list was in good, attentive hands, and I hope I can live up to her standards and her expectations. Even with the great popularity and success of TMDR's blog and forum, Alloy still holds a role in the Dolby-verse. We are a focused list of modest size, a place where a handful of voices can be clearly heard, and a community of friends that has stayed together for many years now. I am glad you are all here. Still, I highly recommend that you visit and participate in the official forum when you have the time. My lovely friend Lunesse does a brilliant job of keeping us all up to date on All Things Dolby (as does TMDR himself, of course, in his delightfully well-written blog.) I will work hard to keep Alloy up-to-date on big things that pop up over on TMDR's site (or that I find rummaging around online - I know, I need some hobbies), and I hope to build a new Alloy website in the coming weeks. If you have photos (of yourself, from TMDR gigs, etc.) and links and words you'd like to share on the site, please don't hesitate to let me know! Heck, maybe we can do a new Alloy shirt for 2007. With the advent of CafePress, it'll be a breeze now. Something for us to wear to new gigs in the coming year, perhaps? The secret Alloy handshake. :-) Robin very kindly described me as one of TMDR's dearest friends. Alas, that's not true. I think I'd best be described as "schlub most likely to annoy Thomas with rambling e-mail." :-) But it is my pleasure to support him and his creativity as best I can. Like all of you, Thomas Dolby's music has been the soundtrack for my life. It's a real delight to know that the man behind the music is decent and kind and a really damn nice human being. So, here's to 2007, folks! I'm glad you're along for the ride. Don't hesitate to let me know if you need any help with anything Alloy-ish. Cheers from chilly Illinois, Melissa http://merujo.blogspot.com Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:35:18 -0600 From: "Kara R. Laidlaw" Subject: Re: Alloy: Philadelphia Weekly Blurb Hi folks! :^) Kind of a pain-in-the-butt, isn't it, when reporters don't do their research? I imagine TMDR has just learned to roll his eyes at stuff like that now. At least I don't think anyone yells "Science!" at him anymore! I hope...??? Gol- durnit, TMDR deserves better...but now we know he knows we know he knows [note near-quote from "Urges", hee hee]that WE appreciate him and his genius and generosity of spirit, and that he appreciates our appreciation! Drat, I've confused myself now. ;^) Thanks for keeping us in the loop, Elaine! :^) Love and nice mugs of hot cocoa for our snowbound Colorado friends {hi Keith and Beth!} :^) Kara... ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, > From: Elaine > Date: 2006/12/21 Thu PM 08:51:15 CST > To: alloy@smoe.org > Subject: Alloy: Philadelphia Weekly Blurb > > > Funny how some writers just...make stuff up. > http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/view.php?id=13661 > > > Thomas Dolby + BT > > Thurs., Dec. 21, 7:30pm. $21-$29. World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St. > 215.222.1400. www.worldcafelive.com > > Early MTV stalwart Thomas Dolby left synth-pop for Silicon Valley in the > early-'90s, investing in a polyphonic ringtone software now used in more > than half a billion cell phones. (So for once you don't have to turn your > phone off during the show.) Dolby most definitely won't be playing his big > hit this evening -- he burned out on that before you graduated high > school -- but he is bringing a rig of vintage 1940s oscilloscopes and > ex-Royal Navy field test equipment to, er, blind you with science. He'll > join forces with audio/visual artist BT, whose This Binary Universe > matches computer-generated music with animation. (Jennifer Kelly) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 03:45:28 +0000 From: "Brian Price" Subject: RE: Alloy: Announcement. Year's End - New Beginnings! Congratulations Melissa!!! Happy 2007 to you, Robin, and everyone else on the list. I hope to get to know each of you better over the next year. _________________________________________________________________ Find sales, coupons, and free shipping, all in one place! 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