From Guy Elden Sent Thu, Apr 2nd 1998, 00:54
> the mild man jan has been busy over the last few weeks creating > custom made cd boxes out of wood, aluminium, steel and plastic. Aw shucks man... guess I won't be ordering then. Too bad nobody's building custom made boxes out of wood, aluminum, steel, and plastic that can hold 8-Track tapes. Guess I'm behind the times... > each custom hand made box will house it's own mild man jan CD which > will contain one exclusive track per disc (made from noises culled > from the boxes construction) and between 3 & 4 other tracks, including I absolutely refuse to buy this... _unless_ the noises were recorded @ 96khz 64-bit using Alpha-law Ziffie-Bhuffman Compression-Layer 3.14. > into account the price for each box will be fixed to £20 regardless of > materials used. each cd will have an individually filled in time card > detailing how long it took to construct, what was used in construction > and other minor details. as stated this will be strictly limited to Designers Republic? Please? Pretty please? > contact me to register their interest, please note this will not be > available in any shops. in the event of more than 100 requests a > ballot will be held to determine who will receive the discs. these > people will be informed and the transfer can take place. this offer is > limited to 1 CD per person. this message has so far only been placed > on the idm mail list. But what if the shipments never make it to the airport due to a dispute between the distributors and labor unions who refuse to act rationally when dealing with limited run media such as IDM? on: AnOldieButAGoodie- FSOL Accelerator. "It's not my problem." -- jr