Re: [Orb] Orb Digest, Vol 62, Issue 3

> more like 5 and a half years


That depends on where you stand. Where I stand, it's 10.
It always amazes me how much this and the KLF list are trapped in the 90s.
The only relatively "new" (and even using 'new' in a relative sense is a
stretch) things that get mentioned here are SERIOUS retreads.
Jack Dangers has an interesting live video-performance thing going, but
c'mon. He's a one trick pony if there ever was one.

While I do understand that some people prefer the stylistic mix that was
happening 10-20 years ago, it amazes me that these lists seem to exist
with little to no exchange and notice of the oodles of music which would
*logically* appeal to fans of bands which used to be 'forward-looking.'

I love The Orb. I love KLF.
But God help the person who turns to this list for anything relatively
new and remotely innovative musically.
He or she is most likely to be bombarded with Rush suggestions (gag, ack,?!)
And THAT is a travesty indeed - at least here.
Don't take this as a bitch session - I'm subbed like everyone else, and
I can easily bow out anytime I choose.
I'm just amazed at how much this feels like a class reunion, where
people can only talk about the past and are so busy building the myth of
the 'good old days' that their ears are plugged when it comes to what's
out there.

Five years ago I would have followed this with a long list of things to
investigate. These days, I don't have time. And it seems like nobody
here is interested in much other than what they already know or
something that sounds exactly like what they've been listening to for
the past 10 years.
It's ironic, really - in that it is quite unlike the "spirit" of either
The Orb or The KLF, who both pushed boundaries and went for something new.

                    jeff