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    Tuesday night in Durham NC. The alley behind...

    Tuesday night in Durham NC. The alley behind Shadowbox for an open-air show. Plenty of space for a trombone 100 feet away. And Thymme with a wandering balloon solo.
    Wow,they are returning for...
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    the 1900's were not that primitive!X) d.

    the 1900's were not that primitive!X)
    d.
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    In 1971 I was the breakfast cook at a drive-in...

    In 1971 I was the breakfast cook at a drive-in and went in early for prep. There was a jukebox outside and on a cold morning I would run a quarter through it a few times and crank it up, when it...
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    I have always found it easier to find music for...

    I have always found it easier to find music for lyrics rather than fit words to existing music. But it is usually some combination of the processes. Great lyrics just somehow fit. You have...
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    ...and his heart was going like mad and yes I ...

    ...and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes....

    d
  6. Thread: Wreckless Eric

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    Wreckless Eric

    I saw the TV Expedia commercial which ends with the twice-repeated "I'd go the whole wide world" and had to dig out the 7" which is Whole Wide World b/w Semaphore Signals. One of the greatest sloppy...
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    1969-First year at college: introduced to Soft...

    1969-First year at college: introduced to Soft Machine, ISB, Larry Coryell, VDGG. Then it became following those family trees and genres and waiting for those month-old issues of Melody Maker and...
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    "Lord knows what Hodgkinson might have achieved...

    "Lord knows what Hodgkinson might have achieved if he'd stayed within the creative confines of purely "structural" formal expression and dedicated himself to morals instead of an ideological concept...
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    what the H am I listening to...

    In these retirement years I do a bit of painting, and grab a handful of cd's at random to accompany the process. Today the handful was from the "h's" and included first Tim Hodgkinson's "Sang", as...
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    I dreamed they were playing ProgDay. I mean, I...

    I dreamed they were playing ProgDay. I mean, I was actually on the greensward! Man, great .....

    David
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    Steve -- Thanks for the update. I know I should...

    Steve --
    Thanks for the update. I know I should have said "Wayside coming-soon list" but Cuneiform has blended so completely into the aesthetic that they have become the same to me. In any case....
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    What have I missed? 5UU's!

    For quite a time, at the top of Cuneiform's "Coming Soon" list there appeared the promise of a new 5UU's record. Lately disappeared from the list...
    Has it in fact appeared as a physical thing?...
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    Progday weather...

    Though not up to last year's exquisite autumnal conditions (unsurpassed in my Pd experience) this year brings the very typical mostly sunny days with mid-eighties temperatures and moderate humidity....
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    Floki is maybe the only character that appears...

    Floki is maybe the only character that appears through the whole series. ? His journey from deep in the old gods' world, to trying to create a deeply humane commune (?) to being in the New World as...
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    Floki ! d.

    Floki !

    d.
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    Has anyone tackled Alex Ross's "Wagnerism"? I...

    Has anyone tackled Alex Ross's "Wagnerism"? I made the long march through this forest of scholarship and research and of course then found Wagner everywhere. Start with his amazingly great book "The...
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    I'm going to guess that the Storybook venue is...

    I'm going to guess that the Storybook venue is closed. or sold.

    aaaiiieeee.......
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    Like everyone, I lust for some live musics and as...

    Like everyone, I lust for some live musics and as a local I crave a ProgDay. But only as the traditional live Storybook event. Basta with the pixels...

    the rescheduled Residents show at the Cat's...
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    BTW, living locally I have been to many PDs: the...

    BTW, living locally I have been to many PDs: the past weekend was the best. weather. ever....
    Missing the whole ritual, from Thursday night PD preview show with Howie on WXYC, many weekend...
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    Have the KS persons been getting their copies?
    I am still just looking at the poster.....



    (sigh...)
    David
  21. Thread: Kraan - Live

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    My recollection of the NearFest appearance is...

    My recollection of the NearFest appearance is obnoxiously LOUD guitar.

    PD 2002 was way better for me...

    David
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    what a load of crapola. it reminds me of the old...

    what a load of crapola. it reminds me of the old line ' I've suffered for my art....now it's your turn.' i expect it is all aimed at future marketing . so sell my bad knee something while i stand....
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    finally. we have at least 4 coming from...

    finally. we have at least 4 coming from Raleigh/Durham in our group. a workday but we have friends w/ floorspace and inflatable beds.

    transcendence awaits

    David
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    sparks -- propaganda ??

    sparks -- propaganda ??
  25. Thread: ProgDay News?

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    ProgDay News?

    Well into the year, and who knows something? Too darn quiet. Wish list includes Knifeworld, The Knells, Happy Family (where have the Japanese bands been lately?) of course Thinking Plague and for...
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    'Rock Bottom' remains to this day the single work...

    'Rock Bottom' remains to this day the single work I would keep in the world, if forced to choose just one. A stunningly _human_ document...

    David
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    Breaking my heart that I cannot make this... Incredible line-up! I was wondering if The Knells played live; I am currently obsessed with their very compelling CD. They could do a ProgDay next year...
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    Lots: Byrne/Eno My Life in the Bush... ...

    Lots: Byrne/Eno My Life in the Bush...
    Pretenders The 12" EP w/ Talk of the Town & Message of Love
    Art Bears The World as It is Today
    Muffins 185
    Peter...
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    I think The Move sneak in one with "Looking On"....

    I think The Move sneak in one with "Looking On".

    David
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