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RE: [Orb] re: OT prog
by gel-sol＠gel-sol.com 22 Jul '04

22 Jul '04

Hey thanks for the advice guys.... I listened to some Ash Ra Tempel last night...not bad...not great...repetitive krautrock. Alot of the stuff mentioned I already have: Hillage solo stuff - kinda new age and gei, but i still like him. Hard to hate hillage after hearing You and Angels Egg... Eno - Done that. Brand X- like a couple of tunes. The Police - first favorite band. Rick wakeman solo - some good parts/some very cheesy parts. maybe cuz bruford is on a few tracks. Not a big Alan White fan. Chris Squire's "Fish Outta Water" is IMO the best Yes-related solo album. I like how squire (in 1975) chose to use bruford over white, after all they were possibly one of the greatest rhythm sections of all time. ELP - I really liked everything up to Brain Salad when I was a teenager. Now ELP kinda creeps me out. (I still dont mind the first album) Too many "Emerson Triplets." I recall listening to Tarkus recently and thinking this was the biggest pile of shit ever due to their pompousness....BUT... If you wanna know what I think is the worst prog album ever, listen to the self-titled album from STARCASTLE. They basically wish they were Yes, kinda sound like Yes too....but in the worst way possible. Its like some dude drawing your caricature at the amusement park. It makes me laugh every time it pops up on my iPod. Yes had a thing called SUBSTANCE. Starcastle had a singer who was in REO Speedwagon. I also just heard "The Power to believe," the latest release from King Crimson...I have to say that I liked most of it. Kind of electronic in places. Anyways, thanks again! Yer Pal, Gel-Sol www.gel-sol.com > >>I'd also like to recommend people go back and listen to their Police >>albums. >>I don't know why but I'm recommending it. > > I like the Zenyatta Mondatta LP for "Voices Inside My Head." I remember > hearing a really cool house mix of that song. Very nice. > > -matt > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page Â FREE > download! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Orb mailing list > Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb >

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RE: [Orb] re: OT prog
by bla blazo 22 Jul '04

22 Jul '04

>I'd also like to recommend people go back and listen to their Police >albums. >I don't know why but I'm recommending it. I like the Zenyatta Mondatta LP for "Voices Inside My Head." I remember hearing a really cool house mix of that song. Very nice. -matt _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/

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re: OT prog
by Alan Evil 22 Jul '04

22 Jul '04

Brand X is a Genesis offshoot that you might like. It's a bit more "jazz" than "prog" but who cares? Have you listened to the Rick Wakeman solo albums? Good stuff. How about Emerson Lake and Palmer? The first side of Taurus is pretty cool. The first ELP album has some beautiful stuff on it. Brian Eno's ambient albums (Music for Airports and the like) are great but I'm sure you've listened to them. I'd like again to boost Tomita as a pioneer of electronic music. The last Amon Tobin sampled him and I've heard his sounds sampled in FSOL's newer sets. For something a bit off the path but really intriguing I'd recommend Esquivel's Cabaret Manana. Very quirky compositions and very groovy production values. As he was working at the very conception of stereo recording what he managed to do with two channels (usually just two microphones in the studio) and an orchestra is quite remarkable. On one session he actually used two studios down the street from each other and two orchestras which may be the first ever example of a distance studio session. Raymond Scott's stuff is also worth close listening. I know I'm veering away from electronica and prog but I've always thought, "FUCK CATEGORIES." Some nice things I've gotten of late include Highdropod's last album (www.highdropod.com) which I think is just amazing, Manteis Recordings, Whitney Biennial 2002 (listen to an insane performance artist's dialogue about pulling out pubic hair, the creaking of the World Trade Center in the wind, and hillbilly rap), and that album where they remixed Alan Lomax's recordings (can't remember the name right now but it's really pretty cool). I'd also like to recommend people go back and listen to their Police albums. I don't know why but I'm recommending it. Any of you that remembers the summer of 1983 must have strong memories connected to Synchronicity because every single song was on the radio all summer long. Remember radio back before Clear Channel? Yeah, that was great. Oh, one last thing, anyone that likes They Might Be Giants should check out http://www.homestarrunner.com/expfilm.html for a new video and if you look under "puppet stuff" http://www.homestarrunner.com/toons.html you'll find some short videos with them and Homestar. ____________________ www.psychicreform.com ____________________ And if you don't dance you're no friend of mine... --"The Safety Dance"

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re: Smiley
by Alan Evil 22 Jul '04

22 Jul '04

He's holier than me but that's not saying much. : ) ____________________ www.psychicreform.com ____________________ And if you don't dance you're no friend of mine... --"The Safety Dance"

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Fundrace.org
by Matt SchIeffer 22 Jul '04

22 Jul '04

http://www.fundrace.org/neighbors Lets ya know what all your neighbors have contributed and to which political campaigns. I got some Best Buy exec near me sending love down the line to the ol' incumbent. It kinda makes me feel like not smiling to my neighbors when they walk by anymore. So, anybody hear Linda Rondstadt got booed off the stage for dedicating a version of Desperado to Michael Moore? (sorry, I am just trying to start another fight.. muahahahaha). Is wierd story tho. The worm turns, the wind shifts one-eighty, and the firestorm turns back on the arsonists, who had been operating with impunity for so long that they'd forgotten the feeling of Heat. -From the book Songs of the Doomed by Hunter S. Thompson

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Lesser Prog Rock.
by Matt SchIeffer 21 Jul '04

21 Jul '04

I was just rocking out to some Gel-sol this weekend, as well as some Fallout Countdown and some 302 Acid or whatever. I managed to rip off some CD's from their little box when they were doing yag shots. You know the box, with all those little t-shirts carefully folded... all bands have em. No, umm. I think I started a prob thread of the same nature a few months ago if you can dig it up people rated an informal top 5 list. I have always wanted to hear some Ash Ra Temple but nobody ever responded if they knew em. Sigh.. nobody EVER responds. I wonder if my personal ad has gotten any hits?

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Smiley
by Audiopimp . 21 Jul '04

21 Jul '04

>i'd rather not know about it. until i know it's >actually going to be released. so i'd rather not get >my hopes up For the record this cydonia promo has been known to exist for some time. At least since 98 or 99. (Check out Lazlo's discography) I've always wondered who had this and I'm happy to know Mr Smiley had one of these all this time. Smiley is a cool cat who's been on this list from the beginning, knows the band somewhat and helps us all out. >i'm sure you made a copy for yourself, before >giving up the Cydonia discs. so it's not like you're >really missing anything. I'd back mine up too before selling it. It'd be foolish not to. It's not like the backup will be worth anything. >it's like a you're "holier than thou" for this list. He isn't holier than anyone, he just get's us news for us moreoften that not before anyone else and to me that's worth having him as company. _________________________________________________________________ Discover the best of the best at MSN Luxury Living. http://lexus.msn.com/

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Smiley
by Matt SchIeffer 21 Jul '04

21 Jul '04

Oooh oooh! A flame war. Did I miss it yet? I took a nap. Wow, with rachel in the fray, thats rare... She is like the most even tempered gal, so I see (high EQ). I wanna flame someone, let me, let meeeee. *** btw, US B&T is a turd. Once again I waited as long as I could bare it before dowloading something (did the same EXACT thing with Cydonia, getting a napster version abouta month before it came out here) and I got some bastardization of the different mixes thats sounds alot better than what I bought :( --God, Clint Eastwood samples are hilarious. Especially if from Outlaw Josie Wells when you can hear him spitting his chaw, which isn't the case here tho.

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life after death - www.theorb.com
by b broo 21 Jul '04

21 Jul '04

Some nice things evolving on www.theorb.com - looking forward to "every week a new track in real player". this week it's "orb is (shopping version)" cheers bb p.s. Just wondering what people think of "giuliana hilton's - apple tree in my back yard" - is it too fluffy cloudish? _________________________________________________________________ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/

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RE: RE: [Orb] Incredibly rare ORB item up for auction on eBay
by Alan Evil 21 Jul '04

21 Jul '04

>Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 22:44:23 +0100 >From: "Smiley" <smileyweb(a)yahoo.co.uk> >Subject: RE: [Orb] Incredibly rare ORB item up for auction on eBay >...as i would have thought it would get *some* reaction! ;-) Y'know, I did note that and wondered if it was the same as the "fake" AA3 that was available on the ftps. But then I got stoned and forgot to post about it. I don't want a track list of it, I want the mix. Fork it over, bad boy. I'll take an uncut mp3 version of the whole album. I'm not picky. ____________________ www.psychicreform.com ____________________ And if you don't dance you're no friend of mine... --"The Safety Dance"

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