
  Alice Travels

  MUDVILLE

  Mudville USA
  August 15 1994.

                                             AliceA  Wows them Again


  Since the baseball game was canceled, an impromptu rock concert was set up
  last weekend. It was the true epitome of sweetness and light, and featured
  many of the top names in the music business who were not invited to the
  "other" festival.

  Among those present was  AliceA., my friend, who gave a rave rave with the
  help of 2000 processors that were on loan from the IRS. Reporters were on
  hand from the major media, including the networks and WindoWatch Magazine.

  Alice's set opened with three tons of virtual mud, that descended from the
  light towers. She breezed into Sweet Adeline, accompanied by virtual
  symphonies in multicolored outfits, and then baffled the crowd with a
  lengthy description of exactly what Windows does when you are not looking.
  She used a large ethnic dance troupe to illustrate this, and a giant
  football player who impersonated a mouse.

  After that, she invited the crowd to sing along with Home on the Range,
  with a virtual bouncing ball provided by an unnamed operating system of
  yore. She played peek and poke with security, until finally the crowd began
  yelling "When will it ship?".  At which point she finished up with the uncut
  version of Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands, all 142 verses,  featuring a
  virtual electric guitar, virtual drums, virtual costumes, and virtual
  applause.

  Since the only speakers were provided by a home multimedia system, no
  one could hear a thing.

  Peter Neuendorffer    (c) 1994



