Posts by foxfeeder

Quote from Backdrifter

I'm mentioning this as I found it compelling and horrifying, and shows how an individual can fall foul, through no fault of theirs, of state authorities' incompetence and indifference.

I recently read about a woman in France who was wrongly declared officially dead. It happened during a legal action falsely brought against her when, without her knowledge, she was stated as having died by the prosecuting lawyer. Nobody checked this claim. Even though death certificates are required during such processes not one single official requested one, they all simply accepted the claim. Utterly bizarre for such a bureaucratic nation.

She first realised something was wrong when she couldn't renew her passport, her application to do so was repeatedly rejected. She then found she was now ineligible for free state healthcare and medication. Then her bank accounts were frozen. Basically, every fundamental official process and mechanism that enables us to navigate through society was now denied to her. She's due to draw her pension but won't be able to. She was ineligible for the covid vaccine.

Throughout this ordeal, which has lasted for nearly 10 years - yes, you read that correctly - various officials, when told what's happened, have sympathised but said there is nothing they can do to reverse a registration of death.

Her legal battle to deal with this nightmare is trundling on and apparently starting to look promising but even then she's been warned it could take several more years for her "death" to be officially reversed!

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Perhaps she should have the lawyer charged with murder. That might buck a few people up!

Quote from Noni

From the band Yes.... Not including live albums

Jon Anderson 15

Rick Wakeman 80

Chris Squire 2

Bill Bruford 8

Alan White 1

Geoff Downes 7

Trevor Robin 6

Patrick Moraz 13

Oliver Wakeman 12

So far I counted 144 albums from the band members of Yes.

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Are you counting the 2 Bruford/Moraz albums under 1 of them?

Genesis Guitarist Talks How He Feels About Using Tapping Years Before Eddie Van Halen: 'Well, I Was Using It in '71' | Music News @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com

Quote from Zaar

Solsbury Hill is at #472

Besides, these lists are pretty useless, aren't they?

Doubly so when Rolling Stone are involved. First consideration for them is "does it give us street cred?"

Use the "find on page" function of your browser, perhaps? (Control F in Edge)

I quite like them, and having never attended a gig, can't say for sure, but the concert on Sky Arts recently from the late 90's, 3 man era, they didn't impress me as a live band, but as BD says, their songs often work quite well, Motorcycle Emptiness, A design for life, and If you tolerate this are all great BUT with preachy nonsense lyrics, by and large, and another irritant is the drummers lack of imagination. You can pretty much play the same drum pattern for emptiness and tolerate.

Just back from the town they set their recent video in, Tenby.

Manic Street Preachers - The Secret He Had Missed (Official Video) ft. Julia Cumming - YouTube

Quote from foxfeeder

They have lots of good stuff on there. The Yes programme is part of the Classic Artists series, and the others, Jethro Tull and the Moody Blues have both been on recently. All are (were) available on DVD, I have the Moodies one.

I can record the Genesis docu tonight, and upload the recording to a filesharing site, if anyone would like it. Can't edit the ads, etc, I have record but not edit facilities.

Quoting myself, but only to highlight said recording:

https://www.mediafire.com/file…+Last+Domino+docu.ts/file

Anyone who would like the docu to keep can download the Sky broadcast of it here:

https://www.mediafire.com/file…+Last+Domino+docu.ts/file

Quote from SkyWatcher

I am listening to and watching Pink Floyd

I recently discovered a freeview channel which I have never watched before - SkyArts.

At the moment Pink Floyd are on at Earls Court 1994. Includes tracks from Dark Side of the Moon. I love this album.

After this Yes are on - another one of my favourite bands.

I have had problems with freeview here in the UK, as there was a really bad fire at the Bilsdale Transmitter. I was without TV for over a fortnight - just got channels back last week. I have had to retune the TV several times - this is when I discovered the channel SkyArts.

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They have lots of good stuff on there. The Yes programme is part of the Classic Artists series, and the others, Jethro Tull and the Moody Blues have both been on recently. All are (were) available on DVD, I have the Moodies one.

I can record the Genesis docu tonight, and upload the recording to a filesharing site, if anyone would like it. Can't edit the ads, etc, I have record but not edit facilities.

Quote from Noni

Absolutely amazing. Emma Raducanu has just made history in Tennis, being the youngest and also qualifier to win an Open.

Let's hope she does not fade away and have many more titles.

I don't think she will fade away, she seems totally focused and amazingly able to deal with it all, match play and mindset wise. Fantastic achievement, let's hope she manages a few more firsts, though it's hard to imagine what's left!

Quote from FeelItComing

I don't think Arrival sounds like Portsmouth at all, but anyway...

If I had to name my top 10 Abba songs (I do thiis, I just enjoy it) they are:

Knowing Me, Knowing You

Money, Money, Money

Mamma Mia

Super Trouper

The Winner Takes It All

Eagle

Move On

Summer Night City

The Piper (if an Abba song sounds like Portsmouth, it is actually this track)

SOS

But it's hard to leave out songs like Arrival, The Visitors, Lay All Your Love On Me, Fernando, etc.

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For me, their best song is "The Day Before You Came", atmospheric, superb lyrics that tell you everything about her future by focusing on her past, pop songs don't really come any better.

Quote from Backdrifter

Sarah Harding of Girls Aloud died this morning, aged just 39. She'd had breast cancer, which is much more treatable now but a year ago revealed it had spread to other parts of her body.

I'm assuming there probably aren't any Girls Aloud fans here. As far as manufactured pop acts go I really liked them, they had some good catchy songs and put on a good live show. It's very sad news she's died so young.

Sad indeed, she was told back in January she wouldn't see another Christmas, apparently. Whatever one's views on manufactured pop acts, she didn't deserve this. RIP.

This appeared in an article about the Lamb in Prog Rock magazine, still have my copy somewhere. Doesn't amount to much.

Quote from Sredni

We'll never know what the board is right now.

Possibly for the best!

Quote from thewatcher

The board right now!

Video not available. Guessing UK only?

Quote from Murdock

Ah. Good to see that people only need to present COVID-status. Imagine people had to present their intelligence-status would leave arenas empty.

Pot. Kettle.

It's no contest really. I think I'd vote for anyone over Trump. He is not a politician, and has no interest in his country, or any other. Becoming president was just another tick in a box on his bucket list. As for Biden, I was hopeful, but it seems he was merely the least worst candidate on the voting sheet. He seems to have achieved nothing, except mess up Afghanistan, (by default, admittedly), thus making him America's Tony Blair. Not a compliment.

I can fully understand America's wish to walk away from Afghanistan. It's a mess, and always will be (at least until it's culture catches up with the rest of the world, so likely about 800 years. As an ex-high ranking British Army friend of mine once said, after being there, they still live like it's the 12th century!) but surely, they could see that the taliban had merely melted into the general population, waiting the inevitable departure of the western forces which they were never brave enough to face across a battlefield in uniform. Killing and domineering civilians is so much easier!

Go on sale 17th Sept, at Burningshed. Choice of yellow or black.

Genesis (burningshed.com)

Quote from Henry Hamilton-Smythe

Exactly. I'm not overwhelmed by any of the three tracks so far.

But, I know I'll still buy the CD. Probably listen to it once, place it on the shelf, and forget all about it.

As I pretty much have with Night Siren and Edge of Light, Wolflight got a few plays first. For that reason, I won't be buying it, as I haven't since Edge of Light. This last track sound exactly like most of those 3. What has happened to him? Once, you could count on his albums to surprise and innovate, it's like he's lost the ability to "hear" what he is doing.

Quote from thewatcher

Very sad. I knew they were getting on in years but hadn't heard he was sick. A true legend, what a career.

It had been in the news a week or two back that he was not going to be taking part in the upcoming gigs, due to ill health, but didn't know it was so serious.

RIP