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Originally posted by James James wrote:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dCl0jCQUjMQ

Are you going in April?  I hope to see you there.


I am SO there. 

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Originally posted by NaturalScience NaturalScience wrote:

Originally posted by James James wrote:

That's a point, when do I get my paycheck from you Pat?  I don't give recommendations for free you know, it'll cost you!


I could only pay you in dollars, wouldn't even be worth your effort to collect.  Wink


Maybe you could pay him in shipped albums. Too bad James already has everything he wants from your collection probably. LOL


And they'd just sit in his house unlistened to anyways.


Good point. LOL
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Originally posted by James James wrote:

I've made the mistake of listening to Bone's Uses Wrist Grab on the bus, as well as VdGG.  I find it immensely difficult to just sit still when listening to brilliant music and I want to air drum all the time!

Even tapping my foot feels wrong...

What's the most embarrassing travelling music experience you guys have had?

I no longer feel embarrassed about much, really. Big%20smile  Now that I've got an ipod I wear it whilst walking to work, and who cares if I hum a little as I trot along.  And at work, I sometimes sing in the corridor.  Well, it has a good acoustic, and working in a school, you are surrounded by eccentrics and teenagers.  Eccentrics don't care, and teenagers tend to think you're weird and lame whatever you do (exceptions apply, I daresay, for the teenage PA faternity!), so why worry?! Tongue

Oh James, I have exactly the same problem with 'K.A.', esp. Part 3.  This was on in the car once (I managed to sneak it past the Censor!!) and I actually got cramp in my arm trying NOT to flail around and clap like a mad thing. LOL  It is fairly infectious stuff; even the Magma-hatin' guy in the driving seat was seen to tap the steering wheel in time to the music! Wink
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Chris, I am so jealous of you!  I just found this.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dCl0jCQUjMQ


Are you going in April?  I hope to see you there.

I have a new ambition now!  I want to be in a promotional video for RIOfest. Big%20smile
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Quick question: Mothlite.  The song 'The Untouched Dew'.  Anyone know what they're singing?  It doesn't sound English and I can't quite make out what it is.  (I've only got it as a download, so no liner notes...)
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Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

Originally posted by song_of_copper song_of_copper wrote:

Originally posted by MovingPictures07 MovingPictures07 wrote:

I was listening to "Meet the Residents" on the bus today and it made me realize that it's probably one of the best starter albums for them. Great disc. Clap

Listening to avant garde classics on public transport is quite the epitome of cool, methinks. Big%20smile
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Much of my 80 GB ipod is filled with RIO/Avant/Zeuhl, and I usually have it set on to shuffle. This was the soundtrack to yesterday's commute into work (today I listened to National Health - Playtime start to finish) :
 


I've been meaning to get that, and your post reminded me of it, so I ordered it immediately.  LOL
 
It's good, but don't expect pristine sound quality.
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Originally posted by rileydog22 rileydog22 wrote:

Originally posted by James James wrote:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dCl0jCQUjMQ

Are you going in April?  I hope to see you there.


I am SO there. 
 
I'm definitelygoing to be there - I recommend booking accommodation on site if you can; it's very reasonably priced.
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Haha, me again.  Sorry, I'm being prolific today.  I'm home from work with a horrible ear infection - I'll have to restrict myself to minimal listening today, I think. Dead

Anyway... I have 7 downloads left on emusic.  Tell me what to spend them on, please. Big%20smile
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Originally posted by song_of_copper song_of_copper wrote:

Haha, me again.  Sorry, I'm being prolific today.  I'm home from work with a horrible ear infection - I'll have to restrict myself to minimal listening today, I think. Dead

Anyway... I have 7 downloads left on emusic.  Tell me what to spend them on, please. Big%20smile


Depends what they have available.

Must edit post!

I do know Shub-Niggurath's Les Morts Vent Vite is on eMusic, so get it, NOW!  You won't regret it for one moment. Big%20smile

It's Chamber Zeuhl and very fine it is too. Big%20smile  You think Heresie is dark?  Pah!  This is darker!  Strangely though, their less chamber-sounding third album (that followed this one) is even darker!  Yep, even darker than Ceux du dehors!

If you ever find Pocket Orchestra, I recomment them as well. Big%20smile

As for others:

Zaar - Zaar
Sotos - Platypus
Another Koenjihyakkei album
Ruins albums
Korekyojinn albums
Rational Diet's first

Do you have any Miasma and the Carousel of Headless Horses yet?


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Originally posted by song_of_copper song_of_copper wrote:

Haha, me again.  Sorry, I'm being prolific today.  I'm home from work with a horrible ear infection - I'll have to restrict myself to minimal listening today, I think. Dead

Anyway... I have 7 downloads left on emusic.  Tell me what to spend them on, please. Big%20smile
 
You could get both Aethenor albums and still have a download left over.
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Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

Originally posted by rileydog22 rileydog22 wrote:

Originally posted by James James wrote:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dCl0jCQUjMQ

Are you going in April?  I hope to see you there.


I am SO there. 
 
I'm definitelygoing to be there - I recommend booking accommodation on site if you can; it's very reasonably priced.


First priority is getting a passport. Embarrassed

Then I have to find people to go with... I don't really want to travel by myself.  So if any of the British contingency fancy meeting in London, we could travel on the train together through to Toulouse and then we could travel onwards to Carmaux!

It's certainly an idea.  I guess we'll arrange it nearer the time...

And how much are tickets and how long will they be available for, do you think?
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Originally posted by James James wrote:

First priority is getting a passport. Embarrassed

Then I have to find people to go with... I don't really want to travel by myself.  So if any of the British contingency fancy meeting in London, we could travel on the train together through to Toulouse and then we could travel onwards to Carmaux!

It's certainly an idea.  I guess we'll arrange it nearer the time...

And how much are tickets and how long will they be available for, do you think?

I'd be happy to do that.  I'm quite happy travelling alone, but making the journey in good company would be a delightful novelty. Smile

Does anyone know if tickets are available yet?
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Originally posted by song_of_copper song_of_copper wrote:

Originally posted by James James wrote:

First priority is getting a passport. Embarrassed

Then I have to find people to go with... I don't really want to travel by myself.  So if any of the British contingency fancy meeting in London, we could travel on the train together through to Toulouse and then we could travel onwards to Carmaux!

It's certainly an idea.  I guess we'll arrange it nearer the time...

And how much are tickets and how long will they be available for, do you think?

I'd be happy to do that.  I'm quite happy travelling alone, but making the journey in good company would be a delightful novelty. Smile

Does anyone know if tickets are available yet?


You have seen images of Paris Station in a rush hour, haven't you?  I don't fancy doing that on my own. LOLEmbarrassed

It'd be a pleasure to travel with you.  I maybe able to convince some people to come with me yet... but we'll see.  They hate my music taste, so erm... it might just be me. LOL
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Originally posted by James James wrote:

I do know Shub-Niggurath's Les Morts Vent Vite is on eMusic, so get it, NOW!  You won't regret it for one moment. Big%20smile

No, it's not! Cry  Shame, I'd have probably picked that if it was available.

It's Chamber Zeuhl and very fine it is too. Big%20smile  You think Heresie is dark?  Pah!  This is darker!  Strangely though, their less chamber-sounding third album (that followed this one) is even darker!  Yep, even darker than Ceux du dehors!

Stop tantalising me! LOL  I will get this, when I next buy CDs, I think.

If you ever find Pocket Orchestra, I recomment them as well. Big%20smile

As for others:

Zaar - Zaar
Sotos - Platypus
Another Koenjihyakkei album
Ruins albums
Korekyojinn albums
Rational Diet's first

None of this is available, except 'Angherr Shisspa', which I already have, and a bunch of Ruins albums (and I don't know which one to get... also, only 7 downloads!  Probably not a full album's worth in the case of Ruins...).

Do you have any Miasma and the Carousel of Headless Horses yet?

Not yet, but I'm definitely going to get it.  It's on itunes, I believe.
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Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

You could get both Aethenor albums and still have a download left over.

I could... but I'm a bit dubious about whether I'd like Aethenor, to be honest.  It's ambient, improvised, cold music, whilst I'm more into incident-crammed, tightly-composed, volcanically-hot stuff...! Big%20smile  Although, given my Pavlovian response to all things Daniel O'Sullivan these days, maybe I should give it a go... one day. Tongue
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Originally posted by James James wrote:

You have seen images of Paris Station in a rush hour, haven't you?  I don't fancy doing that on my own. LOLEmbarrassed

It'd be a pleasure to travel with you.  I maybe able to convince some people to come with me yet... but we'll see.  They hate my music taste, so erm... it might just be me. LOL

You obviously haven't seen me with my sharp elbows, determined moue and tightly-furled umbrella.  I'm more than a match for any number of Frenchmen! Wink  Bring 'em on, I say!  (Hehe! Evil%20Smile)

I've no idea if I'll drag anyone along with me.  Who knows.  It depends. Wink
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I'm sure Patrick got Les Morts Vont Vite from there... oh wait, I think he got his copy from Mindawn.

Besides, with your earache, they'd not be suitable right now. Wink

Hmmm, what else do they have that sounds interesting then?  I don't use eMusic, because I always buy CDs like people should be doing. Big%20smile

Plus nothing beats looking at a pile of CDs and saying "they're mine!".  You can't do that with digitial files and you cannot get them signed either, of course.

I heard a Mothlite track, I thought they'd be too quiet for your tastes, Melissa?  It didn't sound remotely like Guapo's noise.

Oooh, you could try and get Picchio dal Pozzo's second album, it's RIO and excellent.  Not sure if it's on eMusic either, mind you.


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Originally posted by song_of_copper song_of_copper wrote:

Originally posted by James James wrote:

You have seen images of Paris Station in a rush hour, haven't you?  I don't fancy doing that on my own. LOLEmbarrassed

It'd be a pleasure to travel with you.  I maybe able to convince some people to come with me yet... but we'll see.  They hate my music taste, so erm... it might just be me. LOL

You obviously haven't seen me with my sharp elbows, determined moue and tightly-furled umbrella.  I'm more than a match for any number of Frenchmen! Wink  Bring 'em on, I say!  (Hehe! Evil%20Smile)

I've no idea if I'll drag anyone along with me.  Who knows.  It depends. Wink


Ah, excellent.  I should be fine then. Big%20smile

I shall get back to you with that PM later, hopefully.  I've had no sleep whatsoever... due to Internet issues and them sheer stupidity with some software that caused a blue screen of death on my laptop.

I've sorted both issues out now though and have been catching up on more exciting things.  I hate it when things break and they're easy to repair but when you try to repair them, it just all goes wrong!
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h'mmm... if the concert was a week earlier or a week later I would have been a certainty. 
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Originally posted by James James wrote:

I'm sure Patrick got Les Morts Vont Vite from there... oh wait, I think he got his copy from Mindawn.

Besides, with your earache, they'd not be suitable right now. Wink

Hmmm, what else do they have that sounds interesting then?  I don't use eMusic, because I always buy CDs like people should be doing. Big%20smile

Plus nothing beats looking at a pile of CDs and saying "they're mine!".  You can't do that with digitial files and you cannot get them signed either, of course.

I heard a Mothlite track, I thought they'd be too quiet for your tastes, Melissa?  It didn't sound remotely like Guapo's noise.

Oooh, you could try and get Picchio dal Pozzo's second album, it's RIO and excellent.  Not sure if it's on eMusic either, mind you.

Indeed, nothing beats CDs.  [Edited to add - before someone else does - except LPs! LOL]  I am amassing them, too, rather rapidly... Embarrassed  But emusic is great for those 'cheap thrills', yes? Big%20smile

I wasn't really expecting to like Mothlite - I think I even heard something of theirs before on their myspace or something, and didn't hate it but wasn't raving about it, either.  But a friend of mine rather pressed it upon me, so I caved in and had a proper listen... and really, really liked it.  There's something about that Daniel O'Sullivan - he is sneaky.  You might dismiss him as this rather effete, pompous so-and-so, and maybe the first time you hear the music it just seems rather clever (maybe even pretentious).  But it's got something about it.  Something sweetly sinister.  It's almost like... he's licked an hallucinogenic toad so you don't have to!! Dead Wacko LOL  (NB: obligatory public service message - kids, don't lick hallucinogenic toads. Big%20smile)  A weird kind of Lewis Carroll meets Aldous Huxley type scenario...

Hmm, I might listen to it again now. Big%20smile


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