From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V13 #48 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 Sunday, August 16 2009 Volume 13 : Number 048 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Alloy: Story behind WOTF air-traffic control recordings? [John McJunk] Alloy: RE: alloy-digest V13 #47 ["tomboon@lineone.net" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:54:31 -0700 From: John McJunkin Subject: Re: Alloy: Story behind WOTF air-traffic control recordings? I'm only a budding aviator myself, but I have always been told that ATC is always in English - but that could vary in certain locales, I would guess . . . On Aug 14, 2009, at 9:40 PM, Russell Milliner wrote: > > The only blurb I've see is on Thomas' Blog at > http://blog.thomasdolby.com/2008/11/an-astonishing-find/ > Where he mentions: > > "For a start, the tape included Sale Of The Century which was the > forerunner to Wreck Of The Fairchild, but it had a full vocal and > lyrics. > I never liked the words very much, which is why I ended up making > it almost > all instrumental, oh with just some Argentinian air traffic control > chatter > thrown in for good measure." > > The lyrics/words are also available here: > http://www.thomasdolby.com/GAOW/lyrics/lyricsGAOW.html#wreck > > -russell milliner > milliner@pobox.com > http://www.tmdrfan.com/russell/ > > > On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 12:16 AM, Beth Meyer > wrote: > >> >> Hi, folks; >> >> I have a question for our knowledgeable group members. My son, >> who is >> turning >> out to be quite the TMDR fan (big shock there) is also an aviation >> nut. >> I had "Wreck of the Fairchild" running through my head the other >> day and >> it occurred to me that young Eric might really appreciate that song, >> what with all the recordings that sound like an air traffic >> controller >> talking >> over the radio to a pilot. (Helps that Eric goes to a bilingual >> school >> and he is pretty good with Spanish.) So I told him about the song, >> specifically mentioning those recordings, and that I didn't know >> exactly >> where they came from. My husband pointed out that the recordings >> of the radio chatter had to have been recorded just for the song, >> because the official language of air traffic controllers and >> pilots over >> the radio is English. But I'm a little dubious. Does anyone know >> where the ATC/pilot recordings came from? >> >> Thanks, >> Beth ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:32:55 +0100 (GMT+01:00) From: "tomboon@lineone.net" Subject: Alloy: RE: alloy-digest V13 #47 Beth Meyer wrote: > Does anyone know where the ATC/pilot recordings came from? In the booklet accompanying the new Collector's Edition of GAOW, Thomas explains that he bought a car from a retired Argentinian pilot. Thomas had a tape recorder with him and he got the retired pilot to recreate a scene from the Piers Paul Read book "Alive". Tom Get away from it all with Tiscali Travel - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel _______________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:47:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Beth Meyer Subject: Re: Alloy: RE: alloy-digest V13 #47 Thanks for the pointer! (And here I have that CD and thought I had read the booklet - d'oh!) - -Beth - -----Original Message----- >From: "tomboon@lineone.net" >Sent: Aug 15, 2009 6:32 AM >To: alloy@smoe.org >Subject: Alloy: RE: alloy-digest V13 #47 > > >Beth Meyer wrote: > >> Does anyone know where the ATC/pilot recordings came from? > >In the booklet accompanying the new Collector's Edition of GAOW, >Thomas explains that he bought a car from a retired Argentinian pilot. >Thomas had a tape recorder with him and he got the retired pilot to >recreate a scene from the Piers Paul Read book "Alive". > >Tom > > > > >Get away from it all with Tiscali Travel - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/travel >_______________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:39:11 -0400 From: Merujo Subject: Alloy: A little silliness courtesy of Mad TV Mad TV ran a sketch tonight - an ad for "Sounds Like the 80s", a compilation of not-quite-the-real-thing 80s-style songs. Not the real artists, not the real melodies or lyrics, and not *quite* the right titles. I got a kick out of one of the "Sounds Like the 80s" songs featured - check out the bottom of the screen: http://twitpic.com/e35ri Cheers from warm and clammy Maryland, Melissa ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V13 #48 ***************************