Posts by "chris"
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Notes & Queries: Nightingales/Bombs/Beethoven, in reply to Carol Stewart,
Despite certain portions of the novel not making it into the first film, The Godfather stands out for me as a superb adaptation.
What a profound post David. The crispness of that recording set me off on a quest to find out what mics they were using; three Neumann CMV3 condenser microphones ‘Neumann bottles’ as it turned out, (with a gooseneck in this pic).
Germany was leading the world.
and in many fields still is.
Thank you for this article, especially:
Sometimes our experience of these links fulfils and thrills. At other times they are a mess of truncated engagements and restless ennui, with intervals of engaging cats
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Hard News: Friday Music: The Story, in reply to Matthew Littlewood,
Thanks for that Matthew, that was a little heartbreaking but overall a positively enthralling read:
greeting me in an English accent (“to whom am I speaking?”)
And yes to the Greatest Hits LP, that bass sound in Dance to the Music still gets me every time.
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Hard News: Not so insane, in reply to BenWilson,
I’m quite interested in this Ben, given that this was not the first time he had used Kronic or for that matter experienced serious issues while under the influence:
In another incident, the same fellow (yes, he was this foolish) found himself confronted with armed police at his door, having called the police on himself during a Kronic induced psychotic break. In 10 years of smoking dope in large quantities, nothing like that had ever happened to him.
Firstly I guess the real question is did he stop using Kronic after the second incident?
Secondly, given your ‘experienced stoner friend’ is already seasoned user of a banned substance, do you imagine that the banning of this new substance would sway him were he able to acquire (quite possibly without the required health warnings, a list of the active ingredients, contact details for the manufacturer or distributor, and the telephone number of the National Poisons Centre for unbanned substances) it on the black market?
Thirdly were it not banned, would he still be likely to purchase and use this product were these negative effects (blackouts/ psychotic breaks) clearly stated on the packaging?
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I’m going to be listening to those Ultrasonic tunes all weekend now
Happy to share the buzz Gareth, I had trouble finding the tracks until recalling that the vocalist routinely calls out the group's name.
That was a great piece Robyn, I fully appreciated the generosity of:
a serious rock band like the Feelers
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Hard News: Friday Music: The Story, in reply to Russell Brown,
Yeah, and I think it’s a compliment to Lorde that he seems to be employing quite exacting standards here wrt her lyrical content, for what is for all intents and purposes a teen pop record, vis a vis the competitors’:
“I got the eye of the tiger, the fighter, dancing through the fire
Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me ROAR
Louder, louder than a lion” =/ -
I thought Gary Steel's
but if you ignore the lyrics, it works.
was a little dismissive, I was surprised to find myself laughing out loud at a couple of Ella's lines and delivery, inspired stuff. I never quite got "I've never seen a diamond in the flesh", But:
You buy me orange juice
I'm getting good at this
Dreams of clean teethUniversal...
For the same reason I loved that Phoenix Foundation track/ video...
Truth.
In the 90’s, dance music did a big fork into ghetto (rap, garage, etc) and posh (trance, house, psy. And hardcore, really
So..um, do you love your hardcore?
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Hard News: Friday Music: The Story, in reply to Russell Brown,
Cripes. I was going to ask for a link to her album but just found it's already been uploaded to the Chinese streaming site.
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Hard News: Friday Music: The Story, in reply to Russell Brown,
Yeah …. but creating genius with a Moog wasn’t quite the same thing as totally and permanently perverting the 303
Which reminds me, oft sampled and drum machine pioneers Sly and the family Stone’s had the first number-one hit to feature a programmed rhythm track with Family Affair, though still in the funk/ soul vein. Anyway some random tracks:
In Time from Fresh (1973)
The mindfuck that is Spaced Cowboy from The Family Affair LP There’s a Riot Goin’ On (1971)
with this comment:
this thing smells like the new york giants locker room after they have played 4 quarters plus overtime.
And of course:
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Completely off topic, but how golden is Sir Russell Coutts.
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Perhaps I just brought it back because I like to see my name under the heading “Not so insane” but…On topic:
What’s being done here looks a lot less “insane” on close inspection
Not to dispute your findings here, as I agree, but compared to the relative sanity that is our food regulation, distinguishing between the various insanities presented by Governments to regulate psychoactive substances would seem to require some hellishly competent forensic psychiatry.