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felona 
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 19:36 |
Yes, its not that bad actually ... you can listen to to radio 4 via streaming audio from the internet with an Fm modulator ... it transmits out a radio signal from your PC to your radio ... so you can be listening to PM with your brekkie ... a scrape of rationed marmite on toast 
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I was never really sure what I was waiting for. When the moment came I was looking away ......
The Church "After Everything Now This"
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 19:28 |
Oh, I'm sure you love it there really!  I must admit it's sounding like hell to me though - no marmite, no radio 4... what's a teenage 50 year old to do?!
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felona
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 19:24 |
 Trouserpress wrote:
felona wrote:
Trouserpress wrote:
felona wrote:
Brecht!!! That'd give me a headache ... d'you study Harold Pinter ? I like Pinter ... MMmmmm.
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Alas no, but I'm a huge fan of his work. Went to see a smallish production of A Slight Ache and The Lover at my local arts centre recently - it was a mixed bag of good and bad ideas (the direction/acting decisions, not the plays themselves, obv!) but overall I enjoyed it. The chap who played the chap in A Slight Ache was fab. The chap who played the chap in The Lover was f**king useless. Anyway - MAJOR DEVIATION!
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ah ... I'm sorry I haven't a clue! 
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Just a Minute, surely?
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yes you're right!! you can tell I've been out of the Mother Country for a while ... I really don't have a clue do I?  
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I was never really sure what I was waiting for. When the moment came I was looking away ......
The Church "After Everything Now This"
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The Hemulen
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 19:17 |
felona wrote:
Trouserpress wrote:
felona wrote:
Brecht!!! That'd give me a headache ... d'you study Harold Pinter ? I like Pinter ... MMmmmm.
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Alas no, but I'm a huge fan of his work. Went to see
a smallish production of A Slight Ache and The Lover at my local arts
centre recently - it was a mixed bag of good and bad ideas (the
direction/acting decisions, not the plays themselves, obv!) but overall
I enjoyed it. The chap who played the chap in A Slight Ache was fab.
The chap who played the chap in The Lover was f**king useless. Anyway - MAJOR DEVIATION!
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ah ... I'm sorry I haven't a clue! |
Just a Minute, surely?
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felona
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 19:15 |
Trouserpress wrote:
felona wrote:
Brecht!!! That'd give me a headache ... d'you study Harold Pinter ? I like Pinter ... MMmmmm.
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Alas no, but I'm a huge fan of his work. Went to see a smallish production of A Slight Ache and The Lover at my local arts centre recently - it was a mixed bag of good and bad ideas (the direction/acting decisions, not the plays themselves, obv!) but overall I enjoyed it. The chap who played the chap in A Slight Ache was fab. The chap who played the chap in The Lover was f**king useless. Anyway - MAJOR DEVIATION!
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ah ... I'm sorry I haven't a clue!
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I was never really sure what I was waiting for. When the moment came I was looking away ......
The Church "After Everything Now This"
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The Hemulen
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 19:09 |
felona wrote:
Brecht!!! That'd give me a headache ... d'you study Harold Pinter ? I like Pinter ... MMmmmm. |
Alas no, but I'm a huge fan of his work. Went to see a smallish
production of A Slight Ache and The Lover at my local arts centre recently - it
was a mixed bag of good and bad ideas (the direction/acting decisions,
not the plays themselves, obv!) but overall I enjoyed it. The chap who
played the chap in A Slight Ache was fab. The chap who played the chap
in The Lover was f**king useless. Anyway - MAJOR DEVIATION!
Edited by Trouserpress
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felona
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 19:06 |
Brecht!!! That'd give me a headache ... d'you study Harold Pinter ? I like Pinter ... MMmmmm.
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I was never really sure what I was waiting for. When the moment came I was looking away ......
The Church "After Everything Now This"
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felona
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 18:59 |
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I was never really sure what I was waiting for. When the moment came I was looking away ......
The Church "After Everything Now This"
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The Hemulen
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 18:57 |
felona wrote:
Trouserpress wrote:
felona wrote:
For me
ITALIAN is the Caviar of prog ...er, that can't be right, I hate
Caviar ... ok, then ts the champagne of Prog ...  |
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think you'll find it's certainly a genre that is favoured by (without
wanting to sound up my own arse, but inevitably doing so, especially
having now drawn attention to the fact...) conneisseurs of the genre.
Likewise Gentle Giant is very much in favour with people who've
listened to prog regularly for some time and know the ins and outs of
the movement. Italian, Canterbury, Krautrock, the more sophisticated
Symphonic groups, and avant prog are the areas of prog which often take
time to appreciate, but they're worth the effort. It's just a case of
Acquiring the Taste!
Note: Apologies for being a snob. I blame it on exam stress and sleep deprivation.
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I do agree with you there TP 
*motherly hug* so go and get some sleep .... 
and good luck in those exams ... which ones? Comedy ones? |
If only... I've been avoiding revising Brechtian theatre theories all
day. That man was such a hypocrite! Still, at least he made people
realise that realism in theatre wasn't ALWAYS a necessity.
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felona
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 18:56 |
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I was never really sure what I was waiting for. When the moment came I was looking away ......
The Church "After Everything Now This"
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felona
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 18:54 |
Trouserpress wrote:
felona wrote:
For me ITALIAN is the Caviar of prog ...er, that can't be right, I hate Caviar ... ok, then ts the champagne of Prog ... |
I think you'll find it's certainly a genre that is favoured by (without wanting to sound up my own arse, but inevitably doing so, especially having now drawn attention to the fact...) conneisseurs of the genre. Likewise Gentle Giant is very much in favour with people who've listened to prog regularly for some time and know the ins and outs of the movement. Italian, Canterbury, Krautrock, the more sophisticated Symphonic groups, and avant prog are the areas of prog which often take time to appreciate, but they're worth the effort. It's just a case of Acquiring the Taste!
Note: Apologies for being a snob. I blame it on exam stress and sleep deprivation.
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I do agree with you there TP
*motherly hug* so go and get some sleep ....
and good luck in those exams ... which ones? Comedy ones?
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I was never really sure what I was waiting for. When the moment came I was looking away ......
The Church "After Everything Now This"
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goose
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 18:53 |
No no, it's Italian prog that's like champagne, not GG!
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The Hemulen
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 18:52 |
goose wrote:
If you listen to it to much you end up doing stupid things and feeling sick? |
I certainly do... I remember the night I listened to every album from
the debut right up to the Missing Piece without stopping. I woke up
under a hedge in nothing but a bin liner with a semi-thawed chicken and
a corkscrew... That was some evening.
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 18:51 |
Trouserpress wrote:
felona wrote:
For me ITALIAN is the Caviar of prog ...er, that can't be right, I hate Caviar ... ok, then ts the champagne of Prog ... |
I think you'll find it's certainly a genre that is favoured by (without wanting to sound up my own arse, but inevitably doing so, especially having now drawn attention to the fact...) conneisseurs of the genre. Likewise Gentle Giant is very much in favour with people who've listened to prog regularly for some time and know the ins and outs of the movement. Italian, Canterbury, Krautrock, the more sophisticated Symphonic groups, and avant prog are the areas of prog which often take time to appreciate, but they're worth the effort. It's just a case of Acquiring the Taste!
Note: Apologies for being a snob. I blame it on exam stress and sleep deprivation.
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Apologising for being a snob?...You are stressed and tired!
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goose
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 18:49 |
If you listen to it to much you end up doing stupid things and feeling sick?
Edited by goose
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The Hemulen
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 18:47 |
felona wrote:
For me ITALIAN is the Caviar of prog ...er, that
can't be right, I hate Caviar ... ok, then ts the champagne of Prog ...
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I think you'll find it's certainly a genre that is favoured by (without
wanting to sound up my own arse, but inevitably doing so, especially
having now drawn attention to the fact...) conneisseurs of the genre.
Likewise Gentle Giant is very much in favour with people who've
listened to prog regularly for some time and know the ins and outs of
the movement. Italian, Canterbury, Krautrock, the more sophisticated
Symphonic groups, and avant prog are the areas of prog which often take
time to appreciate, but they're worth the effort. It's just a case of
Acquiring the Taste!
Note: Apologies for being a snob. I blame it on exam stress and sleep deprivation.
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felona
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 18:42 |
For me ITALIAN is the Caviar of prog ...er, that can't be right, I hate Caviar ... ok, then ts the champagne of Prog ...
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I was never really sure what I was waiting for. When the moment came I was looking away ......
The Church "After Everything Now This"
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The Hemulen
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 18:35 |
lucas wrote:
jojim wrote:
I would say: GENESIS. YES and GENTLE
GIANT introduced such a new compository quality to Rock music that all
the bands afterwards tried to copy.
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Add ELP. In fact most of the italian prog bands sound like ELP. |
They take the good bits of ELP, Yes, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Tull etc to
varying degrees, swish it around with a mediterrean vibe and MAKE IT
WORK. Italian Prog is gorgeous and you're missing out if you don't
appreciate it.
Btw, Moog - one of my favourite GG photos ever!  that cello!
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lucas
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 18:29 |
jojim wrote:
I would say: GENESIS. YES and GENTLE GIANT introduced such a new compository quality to Rock music that all the bands afterwards tried to copy.
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Add ELP. In fact most of the italian prog bands sound like ELP.
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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jojim
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Posted: June 24 2005 at 18:25 |
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I bought SPOCKS BEARD and after that PFM (Italy). They both try to
imitate once in a while GENTLE GIANT. This sounds only ridicilous to
me. I would say: GENESIS. YES and GENTLE GIANT introduced such a new
compository quality to Rock music that all the bands afterwards tried
to copy.
There are only a few bands that had their own thing in prog music. The
rest are "eclectists" (does this word have a meaning in English?).
Yeah, GENTLE GIANT are great. Unforgetable.
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