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Posted: September 24 2010 at 15:37

My intention was to type "Screen" instead of "sreccn" LOL

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Posted: September 24 2010 at 15:36

Marty McFly wrote:

Yeah, good old DOS days. My first computer experience counts even before I was able to write, in 1992, when (on our 486 - yes, four eight six), after black screen with white text appeared, I typed:

nc (enter)

and it showed more colors (six?)

I consider myself lucky to begin on such a system, because children now, who just know Xbox, there's some magic lost in the process.

From these albums, I know just 3 entries, Abbey, Masque and grumpy Rock star, so I'm going to listen Wakeman. Keep us informed Brian.

I typed some characters on a NIXDORF 620 in 1971, but the years before I was impressed by the speed of a card reader.... My first 8086 (eighty eighty-six) with two floppy drivers and no hard disk was a big enhancement. Big smile

I had enough money for it in 1987 the amber sreccn has 4 different tones of grey and it was capable of running amazing game like Asteroids and Space Invaders.

The same year I saw the Pink Floyd live.

One question about Wakeman. Is that a new album or it means just a part of the original? I never heard about "Selections..."

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Posted: September 24 2010 at 14:10

Yeah, good old DOS days. My first computer experience counts even before I was able to write, in 1992, when (on our 486 - yes, four eight six), after black screen with white text appeared, I typed:

nc (enter)

and it showed more colors (six?)

I consider myself lucky to begin on such a system, because children now, who just know Xbox, there's some magic lost in the process.

From these albums, I know just 3 entries, Abbey, Masque and grumpy Rock star, so I'm going to listen Wakeman. Keep us informed Brian.

There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless,"

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Posted: September 24 2010 at 08:25

Slartibartfast wrote:

I was listening to that Stereolab album driving into work on 9/11/2001. Talk about ingraining a piece of music in your head. Walked into the office, it is (maybe soon to be was) in a house, this little TV was on in the kitchen and I saw the second plane hit. What's really spooky is one of the songs I was listening to before I drove up had the lyric "live what must live, die what must die". The back cover also has an image of two castle towers. Spooky. Might as well go ahead and comment on that one as the music is ingrained in the brain. Oh, I was just thinking about the thread on English bias. One of the real charms of this band is the mix of French and English vocals.

If you like old PFM, you'll likely like Stati. If you buy a hard copy get the one with the bonus DVD. Pricey but worth it.

That is an odd and haunting story certainly. Kudos to you for no Freudian Typo in the OP then:
Premiata Forneria Marconi Slarti Di Immaginazione Smile

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Posted: September 24 2010 at 07:19

Slartibartfast wrote:

Yeah, Abbey Road was a fitting end to the band. If I'm not mistaken wasn't Let It Be recorded before, though released later?

Regarding my screen name, I've been using it for so long and in various places that I always manually type it. However you may notice that in these polls or commentary where I'm listing several items from my collection, I do indeed use the keyboard copy and paste out my spreadsheet. My computer experience goes back to the DOS only days so I do use the keyboard copy and paste rather than the right click.

That was an Operating System !!!! Good ole days.... Cry

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Posted: September 24 2010 at 07:17

Yeah, Abbey Road was a fitting end to the band. If I'm not mistaken wasn't Let It Be recorded before, though released later?

Regarding my screen name, I've been using it for so long and in various places that I always manually type it. However you may notice that in these polls or commentary where I'm listing several items from my collection, I do indeed use the keyboard copy and paste out my spreadsheet. My computer experience goes back to the DOS only days so I do use the keyboard copy and paste rather than the right click.

To octopus, I'll fill you in on those three when I do some more commentary on these titles. And as for not liking Tori, I won't hold it against you. LOL

Well, off to work.

Stay tuned all, I'll get back to you.

Edited by Slartibartfast - September 24 2010 at 17:59

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Posted: September 24 2010 at 06:56

Brian, let's admit it. You used CTRL+C, CTRL+V when you were typing this thread's title. Because your name is very, very ... VERY.

Abbey Road is lovely, isn't it ?

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Posted: September 24 2010 at 05:45

I have Southern Exposure,Good if you like acoustic guitars but very newage oriented (if I'm not wrong it's a whyndham hill release but I'm not sure). Abbey Road is in my top ten. I have recently rated it 5 stars (not rounded down to 4 Wink

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Don't know anything about Leo Kottke, Clara Ponty or Stereolab.

I don't like Tori Amos.

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Posted: September 23 2010 at 21:12

I was listening to that Stereolab album driving into work on 9/11/2001. Talk about ingraining a piece of music in your head. Walked into the office, it is (maybe soon to be was) in a house, this little TV was on in the kitchen and I saw the second plane hit. What's really spooky is one of the songs I was listening to before I drove up had the lyric "live what must live, die what must die". The back cover also has an image of two castle towers. Spooky. Might as well go ahead and comment on that one as the music is ingrained in the brain. Oh, I was just thinking about the thread on English bias. One of the real charms of this band is the mix of French and English vocals.

If you like old PFM, you'll likely like Stati. If you buy a hard copy get the one with the bonus DVD. Pricey but worth it.

Edited by Slartibartfast - September 24 2010 at 17:59

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Posted: September 23 2010 at 21:03

I haven't heard that particular Stereolab album, but I really enjoy the two I have heard. Same goes for the PFM album.

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Posted: September 23 2010 at 21:01

OK, I'd done some polls on what I've randomly selected, and thought it might be better to just do a blog thread, say a few words about each title, and leave it open for anyone to comment or ask questions about the titles.

So loaded tonight for tomorrow:
Amos, Tori    Scarlett's Walk
Beatles, The    Abbey Road
Coryell, Larry/Igor Stravinsky    Le Sacre Du Printemps
De Grassi, Alex    Southern Exposure
Hackett, Steve    Watcher of the Skies
Jackson, Joe    Laughter & Lust
Kansas    Masque
Kottke, Leo    One Guitar, No Vocals
Ponty, Clara    Mirror Of Truth
Premiata Forneria Marconi    Stati Di Immaginazione
Stereolab    Sound-Dust
Wakeman, Rick    Selections from…Journey to the Center of the Earth

Will add comments tomorrow as I listen to them.

Currently doing a run through my whole collection and probably should have started off with this. It will be fun to see how long it takes to get through the current set.

Edited by Slartibartfast - February 23 2012 at 18:03

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