Posts by foxfeeder

  • Punk, keeping it real, musical snobbery and all that B***CKS.

    Quote from Backdrifter

    I think the slow piece is a great idea and not "pretentious" at all. I also like Longplayer, a millennium project led by Jem Finer, consisting of 20 minutes worth of different chimes on Tibetan prayer bowls, recorded and programmed so as to play in sequences that never repeat themselves. It started playing at midnight on 31 December 1999 and will play continuously through to midnight on 31 December 2999. Provision has been made for it to be generated mechanically should the situation arise that we no longer have electricity. It's housed at Trinity Wharf lighthouse in east London. I've visited it a few times, partly as it's just a really nice area with a very distinctive feel to it - it's quiet and there are nature reserves but you look across the river to the Millennium Dome and Docklands, it's like another world. You can sit in the lighthouse tower and listen to this series of soothing chimes as you take in the view, listening to a 'live' piece of music that will hopefully also be heard, still in progress, by people who won't be born for another 900 years.


    Then you can go look at the offices and homes made out of repurposed shipping containers and visit the Fat Boy diner to enjoy deliciously unhealthy stuff like hot dogs smothered in chilli.


    I love the idea pieces like that and the Cage are a conscious attempt to make something that lasts a long time.

    The Finer piece can be listened to, though, and enjoyed (or hated, as opinion decides). The Cage piece, well, you COULD listen to it, but sleep might intervene. Finer has clearly put some thought and effort in, Cage's, like his famous 4.33 is just "the King's New Clothes" in another form.

  • No Jacket Required comes in orange vinyl

    Coloured vinyl makes no difference, but picture discs require a thin clear vinyl layer which is applied over the picture. It limits volume levels (and thus dynamic range, and is easier to damage. Fine for display, but as your "daily driver", I'd tend to avoid them

  • NICK MAGNUS - Inhaling Green (Re-Issue)

    Hear the whole album here:

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    But hurry, I'm going to tell Nick it's on there, pretty sure it's unofficial, so he might ask YT to remove it.

  • NICK MAGNUS - Inhaling Green (Re-Issue)

    I love Children of Another God, better than N'Monix, but Inhaling Green is more like Hexameron, and better then them all. The title track is stunning, Stephen Hawking meets Hammer Horror, with a massive bass line, and a climax that goes on for ever. Least impressive track is probably Theme One, the old George Martin instrumental done by Van Der Graaf Generator. One of the bonus tracks is "Flight of the Condor", a rework of a track from Straight On Till Morning, his first album, which also appeared on Rime of the Ancient Sampler - the Mellotron Album, and is the track that probably caused Steve Hackett to rename Flight of the Condor to Sierra Quemada, stating "So many people are doing tracks called "Flight of the Condor" at the moment"!

  • Things you've only recently noticed

    Quote from Backdrifter

    I reckon about 06.30, very briefly, a tweaked version of part of the keyboard line immediately after each "chorus". I think it's shortly after the DWTMK snippet. Check it out and if I'm right, post away!


    I was very down on SO in another thread and I remain less than lukewarm about it but having been reminded of that version of IKWIL, my word, Hackett does some lovely stuff in the segment we're talking about.

    Same here, given that Genesis won a "Best Live Band" award from one of the music papersa t the time, SO would make you wonder why. I guess it's down to production and mixing, but it's just SO bland!

  • What did you have for breakfast today?

    Quote from Backdrifter

    Good bit of haggis? (I'm quite fussy about mine).


    I'm trying to picture where Dobbies is in Edinburgh.


    EDIT - just looked; is it the Lasswade one? - some way out. We have one on the outskirts of Inverness but I've never clocked whether it has a restaurant.

    Yes, Backdrifter and I are Haggis snobs! Lamb good, pork bad. A bit like Genesis really. The pig lies down on broadway doesn't really appeal!

  • Things you've only recently noticed

    Quote from thefarmer

    Just played Duke. Albert on the label runs backwards on the turntable.! Always notice something new when I play a Genesis record.

    You could borrow my turntable, it will go backwards! It shouldn't, but it's a 1982 Dual CS505, and the circuitry that controls the start direction has failed, needs 4 new components. Till I get it sorted, I just start it spinning the right way before switching on!

  • First record or CD you ever owned

    First live album, was, I believe, Caught Live + 5 by the Moody Blues, but the best 2 I have are One Fair Summer Evening by Nanci Griffith, which captures the event perfectly. I pictured a low ceilinged room with about 400 people in it, the video proved me right. The other is Live By Cock Robin, in France, with their original guitarist, Clive Wright, from the West Country, and Pat Mastelotto on drums. Cock Robin often do alternate arrangements live, and the show is a great mix of true to the originals and new versions.

  • The Thread Of Complete Randomness

    Quote from Backdrifter

    While on food: does anyone else share my view that picnics are one of the worst ideas ever? (along with gifs - which yes aren't necessarily food-related) (which will no doubt result in people posting gifs in the mistaken belief it's funny)


    Milk Chocolate, peanuts, raisins, nougat, caramel, biscuit and puffed rice, what's not to like? :)

  • What TV shows have you been watching ?

    Quote from Backdrifter

    Yes I watched a few last year and thought they stood up quite well. I liked the shabby unglamorous atmosphere and setting - I loved a scene where he was listlessly hanging cheap paper xmas decorations in his drab little office. I agree the stories were often a bit ambiguous and even unresolved, but that it worked.

    And, as luck would have it, Public Eye returns on Thursday, 27th August on Talking Pictures. Starts at series 4, episode 1, after his release from prison, and his move to Brighton. This is the first of the Thames episodes, which have all survived. Only 5 of the first 3 series are known to exist, so little point in showing them. Luckily, I now have the facility to record terrestrial TV and save it to the PC, so I can archive these!