on-reflection-digest Saturday, September 11 1999 Volume 01 : Number 1860
gg: Read any good books lately?
RE: no gg: Renaissance
Re: gg: No time like the present...
gg: Mike Quatro
gg: Not saying?
Re: gg: No time like the present...
gg: books I'm reading
gg: 1st 45 rpm
Re: no gg: Renaissance
gg: Re: L Shankar; 3 Dog Night; Hot Rats for kids; 7 Fusebros; CaptBeyond!; Summers/Baked Potato; books
RE: gg: No time like the present...
RE: gg: No time like the present...
Re: gg: No time like the present...
Re: gg: Read any good books lately?
Re: nongg: reading list
Re: gg: "Green Haze", Wizard of OZ
gg: Re: L Shankar; 3 Dog Night; Hot Rats for kids; 7 Fusebros; CaptBeyond!; Summers/Baked Potato; books
gg: Playing the Global Theatre.
RE: gg: No time like the present...
gg: Graphic TopoGigo (or I have three copies of Tales...)
gg: Re: RE: More Tull; RT the man
gg: Re: cords, mostly pop...
gg: ~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
gg: "Home...home...range..."
gg: Fw: vast field playlist 08.19.99
gg: Wendy Carlos
gg: no GG - BOOKS
Re: gg: junior brown
Re: gg: books I'm keeping
gg: Animal Farm - The Movie
Re: gg: Firsts
Re: gg: books I'm reading
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 18:44:26 -0400 (EDT)
From: mammienun@webtv.net
Subject: gg: Read any good books lately?
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Who has time to read? Just going through my daily e-mail with you people
is like a novel a night! Ok..I read two newspapers a day (focusing on
the sports and funnies). Most recently I did read a Muhammed Ali bio,
Only In America (Don King Bio), and last X-mas one of my gifts was The
Real Frank Zappa. God I feel like an idiot q;^()> I want to be well
read, but I'm too busy working my mammiefingers to the mammiebone. On
top of that, Nick-at-Nite is airing all of the Jefferson reruns...can't
miss those. Right Drew? Gotta run and un-sub now before the fallout.
Ez
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 18:47:44 EDT
From: "Virginia Landgraf"
Subject: RE: no gg: Renaissance
This was written earlier today and doesn't seem to have gotten into the
digest (not surprisingly, because I was using the wrong e-mail account).
- -----Original Message-----
From: Landgraf, Virginia
To: 'Jerry McCarthy '; 'on-reflection@lists.uoregon.edu'
Sent: 9/10/99 11:39 AM
Subject: RE: no gg: Renaissance
Frank Carvalho wrote:
<>
Now we know which band Etcetera should open for on their world tour. Or
maybe we should organize a tour with Etcetera, Advent, Donnamatrix, and the
Gone Orchestra -- all opening for Renaissance. But wait, Jerry McCarthy has
WftW for us about Renaissance in the 80's:
<>
It was definitely stripped-down -- not sure if it was completely
acoustic or not. Now that you mention it, the keyboardist's name *was*
Raphael, and somehow I got the impression that he was Russian -- can't
remember how, 14 years later.
<>
Glad to hear it.
<>
You probably know better than I do. I'm happy to improve my opinion. I
always liked what I heard of their early-to-mid-70's recordings.
<>
Yeah, but I didn't have a car then or now (the Un-American listmember?
;-)). The SEPTA/NJT switch at Trenton is murder on getting home after
concerts, or at least it was back then, when they coordinated the
schedules less well than they do now. In fact, that was the night I got
stuck at the Trenton train station, which has unremoveable wooden
armrests every 3' or 4' on its wooden benches and plays its muzak (Bob
Marley's "No Woman, No Cry" was repeated often) very loudly.
<>
If you bring a tape recorder to GORGG, you can get a bootleg of Wreck
Unplugged (and a few other GG ggoodies if I can get my act together amid the
busy-ness of moving and trying to finish an old job so I can look for a
permanent one). The tape of my playing you have exists because an O-R
member (who may come forward if he wishes) who was not in NYC at the
previous NY GGettoGGether was curious about my playing and offered me
something interesting for it (which, as far as I know, he's still working
on, and I expect it to be good! :-)). The only recordings of my
performances I could find were from 1991-94, long predating "Wreck
Unplugged." That also means that most of the Reformation-era hymn tunes I
improvise on aren't there either -- no Genevan Psalm 42 with the rockin'
time signature changes, for instance. People have been telling me I should
make a recording for 7 years now, so I should probably do something about
it. It's one of those things that's always been on the back burner but I've
never had the time/money/knowledge to do.
Ginny
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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 15:54:08 -0700
From: Bob Parker
Subject: Re: gg: No time like the present...
At 11:54 PM 09/08/1999 -0400, mammienun@webtv.net wrote:
>
> Why wait? De-Lurk now! Yes, it's yet another mammiepoll. It's census
> time. Mammie's taking a 'head' count. Simply respond to this post on or
> off-list with the message, "I'm here!" Damn lurkers...never know where
> they're hiding! Ez
We presently have 144 subscribers to the "regular" version, and 266 to the
"digest-ed" version., for a grand total of 410 subscribers. You can see who
else is subscribed (to whatever version you subscribe to) by sending a message
to majordomo@lists.uoregon.edu with the message text:
who on-reflection (or on-reflection-digest)
or I could post it for all the would-be spammers out there...
Fast bp facts:
1st album, Chicago II
1st concert, Chicago, 1974; didn't get the odd aroma in the air
Saw the Beach Boys warm up Chicago with guest appearance by Elton John, 1976
Hughes Stadium, Ft. Collins, Co
1st GG IaGH, summer 1977, which I liked immeasurably on first listen
Latest purchase: Steve Morse, "The Introduction" ($2.50 at the record exchange
in U-gene)
1st Dixie Dregs show: 1979, front row, Lincoln Center, Ft. Collins Co....WOW
Saw the Grateful Dead warm up GG, June 6, 1980
Most recent Dixie Dregs show: 1997, front bar stool, the fabulous Mill Camp
Saloon, Springfield, Or
Have listened to "Boil That Dust Speck" and "Hat" all the way through without
cringing
go ducks
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 19:27:30 -0400
From: "David and Stacey Shur"
Subject: gg: Mike Quatro
From: Bob Angilly
> Have a couple of Mike Quatro albums from the seventies and have seen a new
(within the last couple
> of years) one in used stores (been waiting for the price to go down but
somebody must have scarfed
> it during the transition from $1.99 to the Dollar Bin). My favorite one
was one for UA where he's
> in a paisley shirt in front of matching paisley wallpaper and has one of
those long titles like:
>
> In the Region of the Summer Stars (no, ain't that)
> In the Court of the Crimson Key (no, ain't that either)
> On the Way to the Peak of Normal (getting cold)
> On the Threshold of a Dream (nah)
> A Nod is Just as Good as a Wink to a Blind Horse (lost the track
completely)
Very funny! The album is called In Collaboration with the Gods, and is
indeed a good one. I didn't know he had done anything in the past 10 years!
Unless you were referring to the fact that you recently saw old vinyl in the
dollar bins..... Thanks for the laffs. -David Eric
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 16:36:52 -0700
From: "Scott Steele"
Subject: gg: Not saying?
>np: not saying!
No teasing
>np: you don't want to know!
why not?? Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do. - S.
np: Firesign Theatre, I think we're all bozos on this bus (Mr. President, stop please. Now listen to me. This is Worker speaking. Hello.)
scottst@ohsu.edu
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 19:40:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: mammienun@webtv.net
Subject: Re: gg: No time like the present...
I had no idea. How come nobody told me? Is everyone else around here as
dumbfounded as I? Or am I just plain dumb? 400+ subscribers. Wow...WOW.
You mean I gotta listen to only a few of these idiots? I get enough
e-mail already. Don't de-lurk...I repeat...Do Not De-lurk. For God's
sake, whatever you do, don't de-lurk! Oh...Thank you Bob for that
fascinating news from the LCP (Lurker Command Post). What a, mammietrip.
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 20:02:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: dashthecat@webtv.net
Subject: gg: books I'm reading
The book on my coffee table is "The Eden Passion" third in a series of 8
historical novels... not a bodice ripper, though that could be implied
by the name. And I am also reading "More Letters From a Nut", but it
stays on the shelf next to the sofa.
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 20:09:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: dashthecat@webtv.net
Subject: gg: 1st 45 rpm
When I was 6 years old I had a record that had 'A Hunting We Will Go' on
one side and the other had 'Ride a Cock Horse'. Shortly after that I
used my allowance to buy one after the other of the Disney recordings,
and my first rock/pop purchase in a 45 was when I was 13 years old,
'Green Tambourine'
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:02:11 -0400
From: r-n-kworthy
Subject: Re: no gg: Renaissance
<<--Jerry (NP: Billy Cobham - Spectrum)>>
You da MAN
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:06:19 -0400
From: r-n-kworthy
Subject: gg: Re: L Shankar; 3 Dog Night; Hot Rats for kids; 7 Fusebros; CaptBeyond!; Summers/Baked Potato; books
I said-->Hot Rats is also a fairly good album for youngsters
Scott said--No words though! Except Willie the Pimp which is not good for 9
year olds.
Which is exactly what I meant
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 18:49:06 -0700
From: William Tindall
Subject: RE: gg: No time like the present...
Bob Parker, the Uber-Lurker sayeth:
<< Have listened to "Boil That Dust Speck" and "Hat" all the way through without cringing >>
Go Bob! Get Nonkertompfed. You'll love it. I mean, how can you go wrong with an album that has song-titles like "Piezo Clambake", "Don't Hurt Our Paprika!", and "O, Stamp Collector"? With names like that, they gotta be good, right? Well, they are, anyway. Promise.
Bill "Sunset Over The Paprika Festival" T
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 19:08:39 -0700
From: William Tindall
Subject: RE: gg: No time like the present...
Mammienun went and repented:
<< You mean I gotta listen to only a few of these idiots? I get enough
e-mail already. Don't de-lurk...I repeat...Do Not De-lurk. For God's
sake, whatever you do, don't de-lurk! Oh...Thank you Bob for that
fascinating news from the LCP (Lurker Command Post). What a, mammietrip.>>
Prepare thyself, O Mammie, for the ultimate de-lurk. Gorgg is it. Can you imagine the Ginormous Power and Glory of 60-some-odd (some very odd, no doubt) of us in one place at one time?
Well, neither can I; that's why I'm going: to find out.
Look out! GG-Types! AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
Hell, we could probably get on Letterman's little show... anybody have a contact?
Bill "Stupid GfaD Tricks" T
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 22:08:01 EDT
From: Claudio666@aol.com
Subject: Re: gg: No time like the present...
In a message dated 9/10/99 5:34:21 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
rgp@darkwing.uoregon.edu writes:
<< We presently have 144 subscribers to the "regular" version, and 266 to the
"digest-ed" version., for a grand total of 410 subscribers. >>
Sacred Bovine! I had no idea I was playing to this kind of audience, as only
about 25% ever post anything regularly, and another 10% (like Bob) about
twice/year...
I'll just have to more respectful in the future. Yeah, whatever...
Dan6 ("regular" subscriber)
n.d. Labatt Blue
n.p. Weather Report "Live in Tokyo"
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:11:57 -0500
From: DE Johnson
Subject: Re: gg: Read any good books lately?
mammienun@webtv.net wrote:
>...Nick-at-Nite is airing all of the Jefferson reruns...can't miss those.
Weeeeeee-zeeeeeeeeee!
Have you ever seen George do that funny GG dance?
Doug
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 22:12:41 EDT
From: Claudio666@aol.com
Subject: Re: nongg: reading list
In a message dated 9/10/99 6:32:38 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
mlp@god-of-thunder.demon.co.uk writes:
<< What book are you reading at the moment? I mean not literally, right now
but, you know, is on the coffee table, bedside table, in your bag, whatever?
And what was the book you read before that? >>
I tend to prefer non-fiction: now reading "Term Limits" by Vince Flynn, just
finished "Dark Victory" by William Shatner (yes, THAT William Shatner), and
before that the new "Foundation Trilogy" by Brin, Bear & Benford. Amazing
how many pages one can read between customers and salespersons...
Dan6
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 19:16:13 -0700 (PDT)
From: JohnEric
Subject: Re: gg: "Green Haze", Wizard of OZ
I heard someone once say that you could play some Pink Floyd while
watching The Wizard of OZ and the two would sink up to one another. What
was all that about?
JohnEric
- --- "David J. Loftus" wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Bob Angilly wrote:
>
> > There's a local Boston band who used to do Stairway to Heaven with the
>
> > lyrics from Gilligan's Isle.
>
>
> It's not a perfect fit because of the "But it's all right..." portion of
>
> the chorus, but large chunks of the Stones' "Jumping Jack Flash" and
> Joni
> Mitchell's "Woodstock" (in the rocking mode that Crosby, Stills, Nash
> & Young did it) may be sung over each other, so of course I do that.
>
>
> David Loftus
>
===
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 22:46:49 -0400
From: "drj_saro"
Subject: gg: Re: L Shankar; 3 Dog Night; Hot Rats for kids; 7 Fusebros; CaptBeyond!; Summers/Baked Potato; books
From: Scott Steele
>Jazz Rock: A History by Stuart Nicholson. Worth what I paid for it but
had a lot of wrong things in it too. - S.
you said that the last time i brought it up, too.
but when i axed u "like whut?" (cuz i dunno), u dinnt have anything else to
say.
i've got to give it a good grade, cause it finally got me off my ass to get
a bunch of Weather Report and Return to Forever discs that i'd been waffling
over for _ages_, not to mention setting me off on my previously reported
Zappa-spree (the "Orchestral" thingie came in today's mail so i'll be able
to report on it within the week) and quite a few other goodies.
but i'd still like to know, what kinds of mistakes are in it (because i know
i spotted scads of errors in the Prog books, but i don't know much about
fusion, aside from the records themselves).
thank you for your time and attention.
Julius J. SAROKA
drj_saro@neo.rr.com
Cuyahoga Falls OHIO
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 22:58:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: mammienun@webtv.net
Subject: gg: Playing the Global Theatre.
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I'm the marvelous mystery mammienun...I'l post 'em for spite, I'll post
'em for fun. When it come to de pollin' you know I'm de one..The
mystical magical mammienun! Some can't stand my banterin', they hate all
dat jivin'. They want to know why this shit I've been contrivin'. The
message is simple..for knowledge I'm strivin'. Without higher learning,
hell, life ain't worth livin'. To GorGG in a limo I won't be
arrivin'...most likely a bus cause my car ain't been drivin'. Ez
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 20:07:55 PDT
From: "Dan Weese"
Subject: RE: gg: No time like the present...
> Prepare thyself, O Mammie, for the ultimate de-lurk.
"If there's one thing I really get off on, it's a nun suit painted on some
old boxes"
- -FZ 200 Motels
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 22:11:25 -0500
From: DE Johnson
Subject: gg: Graphic TopoGigo (or I have three copies of Tales...)
Bob Taylor wrote:
>Ant writes
>>Actually Tales is just over 80 minutes long.
(Bob)
>Really? As brief as that?
(C)After I stopped laughing, it immediately came to me that most people
(i)are willing to sit through several hours of crap in a movie theater
(V)simply because their senses are bombarded with expensive visuals and
(i)(oftentimes) poorly conceived music(?) Maybe this helps explain why so
(L)few people are good 'listeners.' Nobody really wants to listen anymore.
(i)Everyone wants to make noise...to be heard...whether they have anything
(A)important to say or any idea of how to say it - artistically.
(N)The world is not friendly to individuality and talent.
DJ/CiViLiAN/le Uncroyable M. Personne
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 23:57:54 -0400
From: "Drew W. Eaton"
Subject: gg: Re: RE: More Tull; RT the man
Hey all,
I've got a coupla minutes before heading off to catch up on sleep so I
thought I might hack away at the 1200 or so unopened posts....
Concerning JT, Nick wrote
>
>Well: I gave it three listens after my cursory initial one, and I still
>consider it the latest episode in Ian's attempt to stave off early
>retirement. But then, this band hasn't really moved me since War Child or
>so.
Songs From the Wood for me.
>I acknowledge that I'm in the minority on this
Join the minority club ;-)
>
>The following Tuesday sees the return of the Bowie catalog to EMI, BTW.
>Personally I'd go find the Rykodisc versions used. Bonus tracks, etc. are
>dropped from the EMI reissues.
I've been waiting to find a copy of Scary Monsters w/o the bonus tracks.
They did serious damage to a great Bowie recording.
>
>Virginia continues. . .
>
>>. . . . I just got the new Richard Thompson album too,
>>and I'm not sure I hear anything absolutely "new" in that. Rock'n'roll,
>>psychotic guitar solos, dark humor . . . haven't we heard that from
Richard
>
>>Thompson before? Though I could more easily imagine Thompson guesting
with
>
>>Thinking Plague than Anderson.
>
>Well -- I wasn't looking for anything new from Tull, either. But the
>Thompson record [his most solid in a while] simply continues his reputation
>as [possibly] the best singer/songwriter currently recording [although
there
>is a new Bruce Cockburn coming soon. .
Now HERE's a thread :-) Ginny....are you okay??? Only kidding. Hmmm.
First Nick will get NO argument from me on the best songwriter currently
working....although I'm not sure I want to call him a singer /songwriter.
I will have to disagree with Nick (for the first time in his post)on his
implication that RT's work has been lacking in some way up to present. If
anything has been lacking it has been Mitchell Froom's imagination while
doing the production work. This has been dealt with on Mock Tudor by
throwing the bum out. :-) Richard's material has been consistently strong
IMO from Rumour and Sigh on. You?Me?Us? is not getting the accolades it
deserves...Cold Kisses? Woods of Darney? Put it There Pal? Hide it Away?
Sam Jones? Train Don't Leave? As usual, whether you're looking for
songwriting that is just catchy pop or real 3 minute literature (???), or if
you're looking for guitar licks on top of licks, it fills the bill...great
packaging too (this goes for Mock Tudor as well). On Mock, RT once again
ranges his musical and lyrical prairie, this time with a decent production
job and it is very satisfying. Like a lot of great music, it often takes
several listens to get it all sinking in. With the exception of Rumour and
Sigh there has never been a Richard Thompson album that blew me away on the
first listen and several of them have taken me 5 or more. You?Me?Us? took
me at least 8-10 spins to finally grab me. All I can suggest to Ginny is
that if you are looking for "new" (I'll take that to mean different), try
him solo, try him acoustic, try him live, try him as a duo, a trio, a
quartet and his "big band", try him laid back and contemplative then try him
kicking ass, whether acoustic, electric, rock 'n roll, neo-traditional...
Nobody does it like Richard Thompson. He's that unique. The guy has been
writing and playing for 32 years or more (and that's just since he's been
recording the stuff!) sooooo, aside from delving into styles he doesn't
want to delve into what's he got left to prove? (That said, I think he'd
make a hell of a jazz musician.) If you had to pick out just ONE label to
stick on him you'd have to call him a songwriter...so what are songwriters
going to do these days to earn a buck? Right. They're going to work in a
pop music idiom. Richard Thompson just happens to expand the limits of pop
music to close to the breaking point. Doesn't an artist have the right to
choose his field and work with it until he chooses to venture on? How many
times have we talked on this list about artists that moved on from the work
that had endeared them to us only to have us be so sorrily disappointed?
I've said it before here...it ain't prog but so what? Besides Ginny, I
feel like I'm preaching to your choir here....what gives? Thanks for
bringing it up Nick!
Drew
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 23:20:37 -0500
From: DE Johnson
Subject: gg: Re: cords, mostly pop...
CMich7272@aol.com wrote:
>What I'd like to know (if anyone cares to respond) are what you listers are
>listening to in the way of pop, rather than prog...
>Pop (general)
Fold Zandura
Newsboys 'Take Me to Your Leader'
>Folk/pop
Eva (local artist I coach on guitar/theory)
>STiCK
Bob Culbertson 'The Touch'
Gordian Knot
>a capella
Take 6 'So Cool'
>Electronic
Massivivid 'Brightblur'
>Heavy
KLANK 'Still Suffering' and 'numb'
Gone Mad (all of 'em)
Precious Death 'Southpaw'
Nonpoint 'Struggle'
Decision D 'razon de la muerte'
Sevendust
Limp Bizkit 'three dollar bill'
Hear Here 'Audio Vertigo'
>PoProg
(how'd this stuff get in here?)
Magic Elf
Dillinger Escape Plan
Meshuggah 'Chaosphere'
...and lots of other stuff from compilations (most of it not good at all)...
np: Fred Schneider 'just fred'...
"...your kiss is a whip..."
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 00:34:04 -0700
From: "Frank Lauria"
Subject: gg: ~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
Doctor Dan and Mogul-Hespa both mention P.D.Q. Bach/"The Genius Peter
Shickele", to which I say--
"It's a beautiful day for a concert--there's not a cloud in the ceiling!"
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
Tatsurou writes: "NEARfest 2000 has following bands confirmed so far...Happy
the Man..."
Say no more. See you there.
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
Mature Dave sez: "and talking about awesome, you gotta talk "THINKING
PLAGUE" "
Just missed them in Philly last night. Also in Philly last night, Alan
Parsons Project, with sets designed by Roger Dean. Missed that, too. Also
had to skip Godspeed You Black Emperor last week. It's a bitch being broke.
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
Sleeve Stotto: "not sure where the Head soundtrack fits in"
...I'll skip the obvious low-rent joke here.
That movie was pretty darn nuts, eh? Lots of interesting people associated
with it, too...
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
Rik Beck Stands-Up: "Great album. I've got the original 'pop-up' LP sleeve"
RRRRRrrrrrrrggggghhhhhh...somehow over the years, I've gone from having a
pop-up version to having one without the insert. Either they *actually*
stood up--and walked, or someone from my past walked with it.
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
Marc on Argent's >3rd albums: "The rest: short answer is to skip them."
Even the live album? I kinda like "The Coming of Kahoutek".
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
Neil from Northeastern Pennsylvania asks about Kronos--"Different Trains"
(by Steve Reich) is pretty cool.
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
Nick Polak: "The following Tuesday sees the return of the Bowie catalog to
EMI, BTW."
D'ya think all the old Rykodiscs going out of print had anything to do with
David's bond sale? Like, maybe drumming up some interest for the older
catalog in order to drive up sales when they're finally re-released?
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
Sqeele: "There are six Fusebros now: P-Frank, Lindsey, Bill T, Jeff, me,
and ClaudioDan."
Then Dok: "Waaahhh! I wanna be a Fusebro too!!"
Then Sqeele again: "There are now seven Fusebros"
OK, stop this. We need some Fusesisters.
Then Sqeele again: "we need to be Fusion Evangelists"
Righto! It's becoming obvious that there are many more Fusians (hey!) out
there...Jerry Mac listed RTF and Billy Cobham as recently playeds, Slammin'
Simon is the world's biggest Zawinul freak, Jeff Smith just bought a Jaco
Tribute Bass, and the Earl of Rapp--no question. So how's about, everyone's
invited to Fuseland!
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
Skip Skullmeister: "I won't forget to bring the "fatty's" "
Methinks we'll be GORGGing ourselves on fatties come October, Doc!
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
Chuck: "What I'd like to know...are what you listers are listening to in the
way of pop?"
Well, Chepotles Tindall beat me to Owsley (damn you!), so how about 12Rods,
Pete Forbes, 3rd Matinee?
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
Jeff Smith: "I read the Jaco bio"
OOH. More info, please.
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
Ant on Chipmunks (what an image): "Did you slow them down to 33 to get the
reverse effect?"
Of course. Then I proceeded to play all my parents' LPs at 45 rpm.
Wheee--a whole new world of chipmunks!
Ant on Super Furry Animals (I'm beginning to see a trend here): "...ones I
like."
They're coming to town soon, too. (Of course, I'll be skipping that show,
too...because I'm broke.)
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
Mark Thundergod: "What book are you reading at the moment?"
What Color is Your Parachute, 1999 edition.
Also: "I have just finished reading a light-hearted little book called
Plague, Pestilence and Pox"
Ever read The Day of St. Anthony's Fire?
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
Bob Angilly: "There's a local Boston band who used to do Stairway to Heaven
with the lyrics from Gilligan's Isle."
I've heard that on the radio down here (years ago). Wasn't that Dread
Zeppelin?
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
Jazzy Julian: "Are you drooling Fuse-bros? It's cooler to be a jazz-cat than
it is to be a Fuse-bro. ;)"
np: Herbie Hancock, "Empyrean Isles". rp: Art Blakey and the Jazz
Messengers, "Moanin'", Wayne Shorter, "Juju", Eric Dolphy, "Out To Lunch".
All from my recently acquired Blue Note "Rudy Van Gelder" remasters series
(I may be broke, but I'm resourceful...) Take that, Reg!
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
Composer-In-Residence Johnson: "Karl H. Worner's "Stockhausen" (interesting
read)"
Sounds good.
And: "Joan Peyser's "The New Music" (a bit old, but decent)"
I've only gotten halfway through her Bernstein bio, but it's fun.
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
Bill T again: "followed shortly by Lady Madonna/ The Inner Light. Boy, was
that a million years ago"
Still have mine (with picture sleeve). How about you?
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
Dan Weese: "helping me through a recent grief"
Thoughts and prayers your way, sir.
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
David Eric mentions Robert Silverberg...I've know I've said it here before,
but I loved "The Stochastic Man".
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
V-Bert sez: "I'm _still_ sought after!" (Not by Interpol, I hope!)
And Jim Klocek replyz: "Me, too, but I only take my pants off for one."
Hey, I charge *at least* five. And I'm worth it.
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
Ginny, you never answered--is the occasionally chromatic GG piece from AtT
that you're planning to play at GORGG "Pantagruel's Nativity"? (Or is it a
surprise?)
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
Saw Jeff Beck last week at the E-Centre (I'm still broke, but a friend paid
me with a ticket for some work I did on his PC). I think Jeff's getting
tired of this tour. He hit a couple clams during the evening and he just
seemed to be going through the motions (unlike the show I saw in the winter,
when he shredded). He should take a few years off. Again. Opener Johnny
Lang was red hot, for about a half-hour. Then his set began to lose steam.
Betcha in time, though, this kid will become a guitar hero. He certainly
has chops.
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
This coming Monday, it's Bruce & E-Street! BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
Thanks to Aldo and Michael for the GG CD info. I'm trying to snag one of
those Free Hands.
~~~~~{(@)}~~~~~
Jeez, this was long, wasn't it?
P-Frank
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Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 23:36:56 -0500
From: DE Johnson
Subject: gg: "Home...home...range..."
"...everybody in the Ford Lotus position!"
Special thanx to Scott Steele for getting back into my old Firesign
records...I haven't laffed this hard in years...
"Hi-ho, electric broom...AWAY!"
"...nice, paisley horsey...give the nice horsey some sugar cubes!"
DJ/CiViLiAN/le Uncroyable M. Personne
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 00:36:59 -0700
From: "Frank Lauria"
Subject: gg: Fw: vast field playlist 08.19.99
DougE, send 'em some stuff!
P-Frank
- -----Original Message-----
From: itzat@my-deja.com
Newsgroups:
rec.music.classical.contemporary,fa.music.space-music,alt.noise,rec.music.pr
ogressive
Date: Sunday, August 22, 1999 10:45 PM
Subject: vast field playlist 08.19.99
Vast Field (not to scale)
Host: Ernesto Diaz-Infante
Thursdays 10pm-12midnight / KAZU 90.3 FM
Pacific Grove, California USA
http://www.kazu.org
"Vast Field (not to scale)" is a weekly radio program devoted to
contemporary classical, avant-garde, experimental improv, electroacoustic,
and creative music.
Playlist: 08.19.99
ARTIST - TRACK - ALBUM (label)
Jean-Bernard le Flic Trio-Jungle-Volume 3 (Unit)
Zohar-A Woman Of Valour-Keter (Knitting Factory)
Larner/Hikage/Gelb-Indistancing-Indistancing (Leo)
Conlon Nancarrow-Study 41b-Studies for Player Piano Vol.1&2 (Wergo)
Conlon Nancarrow-Piece No.2 for Small Orchestra-Studies/Ensemble
Modern/Metzmacher (RCA)
Hv-West-Modem-Zunder (Unit)
Sam Rivers' Rivbea All-Star Orchestra-Nebula-Inspiration (RCA)
Joseph Benzola-Portraits of the Dead: 13 John Cage-The Sound of One Hand
Clapping (Amanita)
Antimatter-Sanatorium-Transfixation (Artifact)
Amnon Wolman-Ladders and Planes-Ladders and Planes (Div 3)
PHON:E:ME-author:dysfunction-PHON:E:ME (Alt-X Online Network)
Ernesto Diaz-Infante, producer of a California-based radio show Vast Field
(not to scale) on KAZU 90.3 FM, is looking for new music (experimental
improv/modern classical/electroacoustic) to feature on his program. Send
promo recordings to:
Attn: Ernesto Diaz-Infante/Vast Field
KAZU 90.3 FM
PO Box KAZU
Pacific Grove CA 93950
USA
office: 831.375.7275
fax: 831.375.0235
email: or
website: http://www.kazu.org/
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 01:05:05 EDT
From: Dokwebb@aol.com
Subject: gg: Wendy Carlos
a upcoming release from ESD in the Omnews newsletter that I thought a few of
you might be interested given some past posts.....
In stores October 28th
WENDY CARLOS Switched-On Boxed Set (ESD 81422)
Music that changed the world: a gorgeous collector’s deluxe edition of a
decade of revolutionary recordings by "original synth" Wendy Carlos. Hear
the actual master tapes for the first time, painstakingly transferred,
cleaned and optimized, using ultra-high fidelity 20-bit “Hi-D” sound.
“Carlos’s realization of the Fourth Brandenburg Concerto is, to put it
bluntly, the finest performance of any of the Brandenburgs—live, canned, or
intuited—I’ve ever heard.” —Glenn Gould
Collect the Grammy-award family of Switched-On Bach, which propelled the
synthesizer to fame in 1968 and became the first Platinum-selling classical
album, with The Well-Tempered Synthesizer, Switched-On Bach II, and the
Switched-On Brandenburgs.
* Four 20-Bit CDs
* Two colorful books with hundreds of pages
* Dozens of photos
* The “lost” audio tracks
* Behind the S-OB scenes
* History of the Moog Synthesizer
* More images of the texts for your computer
* A working analog synth computer program
* MIDI files of Carlos’s Bach performances
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 01:12:45 -0400
From: "drj_saro"
Subject: gg: no GG - BOOKS
home sickly on Wednesday, i read "Hannibal" (the sequel to "Silence of the
Lambs", which is the only other movie (the _other_ "other" is 2001) that is
_better_ than the book)), verrrrrrry disappointing ending, although not
_entirely_ a waste of time.
still flipping back-and-forth thru "Jazz-Rock" to find things to add to my
"listening list".
(and succeeding)
have not picked back up Al Franken's latest "Why not me?", found it pretty
flat after absolutely _loving_ his previous ("Rush Limbaugh is a Big, Fat,
Idiot", which except for the "fat" part _is_ still entirely too true.)
still have a story or two to read in a collection of short fiction dedicated
to the memory of Roger Zelazny.
probably have some left to read in the latest collection of Bruce Sterling's
short stories, but probably won't bother. (some nice ideas (in the past,
not in this one), but what a hack!) (competition #1: was that ironic? why or
why not?)
on the other hand, probably will go back and re-read most of the stories in
a wonderful collection of Alfred Bester short-stories. (and then i'll dig
out his novels "the stars my destination" and "the demolished man"). (what
a joy of language this guy had!!!!)
the last "serious" reading i did was last winter (!) "Gravity's Fatal
Attraction - Black Holes in the Universe" published by Scientific American
Library. (i've got what looks like the first good "pop" sci book on String
Theory (that i've seen) on order.)
the last "literate" reading i did was a re-read of Flann O'Brian's "At Swim
Two Birds" (imagine if James Joyce was part of Monty Python!).
and how many of us have read "Knots" by RDLaing?
(and who stole _my_ copy?)
i'd like to start a related thread - top ten fave books, any genre, fact or
fiction, but not _just_ a list, but at least a short blurb on _why_.
thank you for your time and attention.
Julius J. SAROKA
drj_saro@neo.rr.com
Cuyahoga Falls OHIO
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 00:22:46 -0500
From: DE Johnson
Subject: Re: gg: junior brown
PilgrimX@aol.com wrote:
>For those who can stand country guitar, follow the links in the shiny new
>All-Music Guide website to see my Junior Brown interview, which just got
>published today.
Hailstones!
(D)I just finished reading your interview and thoroughly enjoyed it, Patrick.
(E)For those who haven't heard Jr. Brown's music, you may want to give it a
(J)try. He is the original 'post-modern picker'...
Doug
P.S. At least check out Patrick's interview...it's quite enjoyable.
P.P.S. And while you are there, you may want to read some of the other
interviews (I will go back when I have more time and a bit less work
pending...)...
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 01:25:36 EDT
From: WhytePunk@aol.com
Subject: Re: gg: books I'm keeping
In a message dated 09/10/1999 7:05:31 PM Eastern Standard Time,
dashthecat@webtv.net writes:
<< And I am also reading "More Letters From a Nut", but it
stays on the shelf next to the sofa. >>
This is funny, that's the name of the file where I keep all of mammies
e-mails!
; ) Hey mam, who do you like, Trinidad or DeLaHoya???
I like Trinadad but I'm afraid Oscar is too strong...I don't think it'll go
the distance.
Neils Lane
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 00:59:27 -0500
From: DE Johnson
Subject: gg: Animal Farm - The Movie
(DJ)All hail Snowball who hasn't got a chance in...a thousand...
(D)October 3rd on TNT (8:P CST/USA) there will be a wp movie of
(J)"Animal Farm." Fyi...it loox bizarre and possibly interesting.
Doug
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 02:59:09 EDT
From: MogulHespa@aol.com
Subject: Re: gg: Firsts
Sorry to be so behind in this discussion of "firsts", but I must announce
that
the first 45 I ever bought was:
Steve Martin: "King Tut".
A Masterpiece.
Please, everyone, tell me that this announcement caused you to pull out your
vinyl copies of "Let's Get Small", "A Wild And Crazy Guy", or Comedy Is Not
Pretty".
Or even "The Steve Martin Brothers."
That would make my day.
[And I do hold a double BM in Piano Performance and Composition, lest you
think I'm just some weirdo.]
... wait, I am just some weirdo ... but I do hold those degrees from one of
the top ten music schools in the USA. So let me know what you think of those
Steve Martin albums, and I'll pour myself another Gin & Tonic and go to bed!
Sorry to ramble!
It's been a long night.
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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 11:32:49 +0100
From: Bob Taylor
Subject: Re: gg: books I'm reading
In message <13500-37D99C02-7365@postoffice-111.bryant.webtv.net>,
dashthecat@webtv.net writes
>The book on my coffee table is "The Eden Passion" third in a series of 8
>historical novels... not a bodice ripper, though that could be implied
>by the name. And I am also reading "More Letters From a Nut", but it
>stays on the shelf next to the sofa.
My current reading includes "Beating The Sicilian 2" by John Nunn.
I'm enjoying it, even more than I enjoyed "Mastering The Spanish".
"Anti-Meran Gambits" I just couldn't get into at all.
Can't wait to get a copy of "Beating The Sicilian 3" ..written not by
Nunn but by GM Joe Gallagher.
The last book I actually purchased was for my better-half, and is titled
"Feng Shui For Cats". Some of the chapters have splendid titles, such as
"Fame and Fortune";"Pleasure and Indulgence";"The Pah Kwa"; and two
quick pages of real insight called "Which Way Does Your Territory
Face?". I quote: ..." if you can't flow smoothly in and out neither can
the ch'i, and the feng shui of your territory will be irredeemably
awful ". (This brought to mind my old CD player, which got the heave-ho
when the tray began sticking all the time.)
I am more of a mag. person than a book person, actually. This is the
hidden benefit of having to occasionally visit doctors or dentists!
I will now go off to a corner and wail about this sad fact: on Monday
Spocks Beard and The Flower Kings are on the same bill, but I happen to
be in the wrong land ..... you lucky German people!
Just a short Letter from a Nut ....
Bob
- --
Robert Taylor
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