Re: (idm) Mild Man Jan : Out Of It's Box Limited CD's

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?


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