Posts by foxfeeder

    The Prodigy were heroes of my youth, being a 90's kid. I wasn't terribly interested in their latest activities any more but they remain old idols from back then for me. I was really surprised to hear about his sudden suicide, he never seemed the kind of guy to get so badly into depression, or whatever else the real reason was. Besides, as much as he played the badass punk guy on stage, everybody who knew him says off-stage he was the nicest and friendliest man ever. Brian May says he met him once, first trying to avoid him since he thought these young boys with their hardcore attitude would hate a band like Queen, and to his surprise Flint turned to be a humble man who felt honored to meet a member of a legendary and inspirational band. Keith Flint might not have been the greatest musician on Earth but no matter what he was a good performer who remained grounded enough to stay a normal person in real life. Besides Prodigy he had a very short-lived other band named "Flint" who recorded only one album that wasn't even published officially for whatever reasons, just two songs off it made it into an also short-lived TV series called "Hellsing". The material of this band - a real band with a drummer, a bassist and a guitarist - is just as good, if not better than Prodigy's.

    The report I heard stated his wife had split from him, and he was having to sell his house, both huge losses to him, apparently, I guess it was all too much.

    Just back from holiday, we heard of Mark's passing on the car radio as we were on the way to Manchester airport, and hitting the new road network around it. it was such a shock we missed a turning, and were about 20 minutes later than we would have been, luckily, we'd left plenty of time. My wife new Mark back in the late 70's when she lived down in Rochford, long before he found fame, so it was a bit more of a shock.


    Also RIP Keith Flint. Never a fan of the Prodigy, but the reasons and cause of his death are particularly sad, and we all here know how it feels to lose a musical hero, so sympathy to all the family, friends and fans, along with those of Mark.

    Simm & Glenister have also appeared together in Mad Dogs, with Max Beesley and Marc Warren (who appeared in Ashes) and a film called Tu£sday.

    I finally finished my binge-watch of my all-time favorite British drama (and semi-comedy) Ashes To Ashes. To be honest, I really consider this series parts 3, 4, and 5 of the story that is started by its 2-season predecessor (which I also love) Life On Mars. In fact, since I am already feeling withdrawal symptoms, I am going to watch Life On Mars again very soon. It really is a great show - both series. :thumbup::thumbup:

    ATA is intended to be a successor to LOM, at the time, it was claimed John Simm didn't continue after series 2 of LOM as he didn't want to be typecast. The final episode of ATA was a real kick in the guts at the time, it took me a day or 2 to get over it. The whole thing was brilliant, acting, writing and conception. I always feel it took the idea of the great movie "A matter of life and death" and expanded it.

    What have the Moody Blues done apart that's particularly good? They're the only band I named that I don't have any solo/related works by.

    All of Justin's solo albums are great, John's second one, from about 3 years back is too, Ray's first is superb, the second a bit less so but has it's moments, and Mike's second is good, his first, a curate's egg, but the closing 3 tracks are worth the outlay. As for Graeme's 2, it depends on whether you like Adrian Gurvitz or not, as he co-writes, plays guitar and does most of the singing.

    Also good to see Endeavour back for a 6th series, this one set in 1969 ( foxfeeder – did they get the cars right? :/ ). Didn’t spot any Genesis references this time, & there wasn’t one particular dominant theme throughout the episode, although all 3 girl victims were linked via Alice in Wonderland.

    Funnily enough, that was my only issue with the programme! :) The panda car was a BMC 1100, the reg no suggested it was pre-1964, but the badge on the bootlid was a 1967 or later model! I could be pedantic and suggest that a 1963 BMC 1100 showing so little rust in 1969 was unlikely too, but now I'm just being satirical about UK car build quality in the 1960's!


    That said, a very nice episode without the distractions of outside references, just enjoyable in it's own right and using the changes invoked in the last episode of the last series, ie/ being absorbed into Thames Valley, Fred's inability to retire and demotion due to the death of one of his officers. Next week's episode will doubtless include the NASA moon landing, we're in July 1969, and the 20/21 was the date it all happened. That, and the episode is called "Apollo", so perhaps we have some Greek mythology to look forward to. Fountain of Salmacis, perhaps? ;)

    Once a Doctor...…………….;)


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    I posted about the surround sound mix of XTC's Black sea on the "recent purchases" thread, and mentioned a couple of interesting things about the album from the sleeve notes. Rather that hi-jack that thread, I'll post this "also mentioned" item here:


    Apparently, the scratched record effect used at the start of "Respectable Street" was done by mutilating a test pressing of Peter Gabriel's 3rd album, which presumably they had lying around as Hugh Padgham was involved in both albums.

    The latest:


    "Hi all,

    We hope the New Year has been good to you so far. Once again we want to thank you for pre-ordering The Sound of Dreams. Your pre-orders have enabled us to move this project toward completion in a manner that we never could have dreamed possible. Indeed, never before has Steve Hackett of Genesis and Annie Haslam of Renaissance appeared together on the same recording… until now. In fact, the two of them, along with Billy Sherwood of Yes are featured together for the first time on the 11 minute title track The Sound of Dreams. What an absolute honor it has been to be able to work with such legends. And what an incredible experience it has been to be able to co-write songs with the likes of Justin Hayward, Steve Hackett and Annie Haslam.


    In addition to those already mentioned, throughout the recording process I have had the pleasure of working closely with some of the greatest musicians in the business including members of Elton John’s and Ringo’s bands, as well as the mega-talented Julie Ragins, vocalist/multi-instrumentalist with the Moody Blues and Justin Hayward Live who will be taking center stage on one of the album’s tracks titled Room With Dark Corners. And there is one more yet to be announced special guest who may be making a special appearance on the album as well.


    Last Tuesday we met with one of the leading members of the music industry regarding the distribution of the album and we will be meeting with a few others this coming week before heading off to Florida to join Justin Hayward and Steve Hackett for the On The Blue Cruise. Following these meetings, we will be announcing a release date for both The Sound of Dreams and the remastered Random Acts of Beauty albums. Keep in mind that all of you who pre-ordered will receive your items prior to the general public. And we will be including a special gift to all of you as a reward for your patience.


    Our very best;

    Trinity Houston, Executive Producer

    David Minasian, Artist, Producer"

    I often come to things late. I have only just been devouring the Veep seasons 1-4 dvd boxset. It might be close to overtaking Seinfeld and the Larry Sanders Show as my favourite US sitcom. It's become an addiction, with me watching entire discs in one go. However, the discs are now 600 miles away from me for the next 4 weeks so I'm having withdrawal symptoms. I can't wait to be reunited with them.

    Never seen Veep, but used to watch the UK show it span off, The Think of It. I believe Will Smith (the Jersey/UK comedian, brother of wine critic Ollie Smith, not the fresh prince) is responsible for some of the writing (he also wrote and starred in later episodes of the UK show) so no surprise it's good. He is very funny, if you get the chance, listen to his BBC radio 4 Show "The Tao of Bergerec" 4 half hour episodes of brilliant humour, with guest appearances by John Nettles.

    As an occasional follower of BuzzFeed's Unsolved series, I am aware of the case, and indeed, 2 years after they originally covered it, it has been looked at again as a result of the programme you mention:


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    I must be in the minority but I would love to see a Genesis Revisited 3. Revisited 2 was magnificent; showing respect for the old songs but pumping them full of life and luster. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Losing Gary on the drums though is a BIG loss as he played so tastefully and elegantly and his singing is stellar. Hoping Gary will at least appear on studio albums even if he can't tour. "Mad Man Moon", "Squonk", and "One For The Vine" among many others have yet to be "reborn" by Mr. Hackett.

    If he did as he did on the first GR album, by taking risks and completely reinterpreting them, I'd agree, but to me, GR2 was too much of a carbon copy of the originals, plus it seemed he wanted to include guests, even if they didn't work well. Nad's mispronunciation of the first line of 11th Earl grates, and Nik Kershaw, who I like, sounds like he needs a decongestant.