... "Miniluv", yes, but "Baby Fatele" is at the other end of the spectrum --- soft, deep, touching, wonderful stuff. Whereas Miniluv is designed to bring down...
1042
Pierre Tassone
musbymail
Feb 1, 2006 4:49 pm
Hi rattlers, As Musea just released two CDs by this Japanese group which had been OOP for such a long time, I'd like to ask those who know the music their...
1043
James Takahashi
jmtt77
Feb 1, 2006 9:46 pm
Pierre Tassone <musbymail@...> wrote ... I know how '&' and '26' are related... 26 (hexadecimal) is the ascii value associated with the character '&'....
1044
Rick Chafen
rchafen
Feb 1, 2006 9:46 pm
Hi, Rattlers all, This month's foray into Obscuropeia should interest a bunch of you. Because I got Daevid and Gilli's new Tall Tales and Short, I've planned a...
1045
Steve Barker
stephen553007
Feb 1, 2006 11:15 pm
Just come back from the SML gig at the Stables in Milton Keynes. Two things. First, I hope that Elton is better soon; and second, Theo Travis did a really good...
1046
SPACETUNES@...
spacetunes
Feb 2, 2006 11:34 am
Check out this web addy : http://bandtoband.com/ go to create a map put in 2 bands say soft machine & moby grape & see how they are connected, pretty cool. ...
1047
Martin Bloomfield
marnymo2000
Feb 2, 2006 4:43 pm
... Quite interesting, but gets a bit boring after a while - the whole thing depends on a few characters who cross musical boundaries, eg Neil Murray Martin B...
1048
Jeff Sherman
alembicsn7452
Feb 2, 2006 4:56 pm
Greg: Thanks! What a GREAT website. Fantastic idea... Jeff Sherman...
1049
Ricardo Aguilar
aguilei@...
Feb 2, 2006 5:23 pm
What kind of illness ? Is he going to be fine ? Sincerely, Ricardo Aguilar [I can't tell you more than that I'm afraid. I can't be too specific about it on a...
1050
Stephen Yarwood
stephen_yarwood
Feb 2, 2006 10:44 pm
So there were three of us Rattlers at the SM Legacy gig last night in Milton Keynes. Steve Barker has already said how impressed he was with Theo Travis,...
1051
Eliezer Kaplan
lewlez
Feb 3, 2006 7:30 am
... Speaking of grumpy old men I think many of the subscribers to this list would enjoy the new CD by NIMBY (James Grigsby, Jerry Wheeler, Bob Drake, Dave...
1052
Steve Barker
stephen553007
Feb 3, 2006 11:15 am
... Yes, he did, didn't he ? I wondered if this was boredom setting in after so many years sitting at the back of so many stages. But this being said, his...
1053
Ian Chippett
irchippett
Feb 3, 2006 11:50 pm
At the risk of starting a civil war, it has to be said that not all Canterbury has been a seamless flow of perfection so how about naming one's All-Time Worst...
1054
Andy Forward
horsepresence
Feb 3, 2006 11:51 pm
I was wondering if anyone knows anything about the quality of this Kevin Ayers DVD ( In particular the As If and French TV Soft Machine clips) ...
1055
Jay Plumb
xprdy04
Feb 4, 2006 8:14 am
I don't know anything about the quality, but I just bought it. Jay...
1056
Stephen Reynolds
stevehitsem
Feb 4, 2006 8:16 am
... Ha Ha, so true about 'All Bum' that was a duff album alright but indeed Back To Front is great, I think because RS is on it and the songs are more...
1057
Alick Leslie
alick_leslie
Feb 4, 2006 11:20 pm
Here's the comment on this DVD from the Why Are We Sleeping site. "Reported on sale on the internet has been a pirate CD, video and DVD 'The Joy of a Smoke...
1058
Martin Wakeling
w_a_w_s
Feb 4, 2006 11:22 pm
... The Glasgow stuff is from the gig at the Renfrew Ferry on 19 November 2003. This is a pirate DVD and the quality is dreadful. the other bits and pieces are...
1059
Wolfgang Tiemann
Heilobo@...
Feb 4, 2006 11:22 pm
It's private taping medium to low quality cheers Wolfgang Tiemann...
1060
Chris Potts
boatmanbird
Feb 4, 2006 11:23 pm
Back in approx 1979, in the midst of punk and new wave, I was simultaneously ploughing a Canterbury furrow alongside more Peelish influences. Anyway, I bought...
1061
Bob Netherton
bob_netherton
Feb 5, 2006 12:30 am
... Ooooooh - fantastic news. Thanks for sharing this info Pierre. I'll pass it along to a couple of other discussion lists. ... Not so strange when you trace...
1062
James Bailey
trawnajim
Feb 5, 2006 8:58 am
... I didn't mind "Clear Blue Sky" too much, though the "soft-reggae" feel to it seemed a wee bit like a rather lame attempt to cash in (unsuccessfully,...
1063
Alberto De Conti
albertodeconti
Feb 6, 2006 10:36 am
Hi Ian, Interestingly I find "Cunning Stunts" one of my favorite Caravan albums, perhaps because it was the first one I listened from them. I don't know... The...
1064
Wyatt Moss-Wellington
wmmwyatt
Feb 6, 2006 11:29 am
Yes, I was also going to speak up in support of Cunning Stunts, but you beat me to it! There isn't a track on that album that I don't enjoy. "Dabsong" is...
1065
Mason Schaefer
masonrs@...
Feb 6, 2006 12:19 pm
"All Bum" (so-called) by Caravan is actually pretty enjoyable, it's just not as superb as Soft Machine "Third," "If I Could Do It All Over Again" by Caravan,...
1066
Mason Schaefer
masonrs@...
Feb 6, 2006 5:43 pm
I didn't much like "Welfare State" when I first heard it, but would like to reassess the album. I at first didn't like "Fleas in Custard" by Coxhill, but soon...
1067
Xavier Marchon
hixem2
Feb 6, 2006 5:44 pm
The new David Gilmour album is soon available. Why mention it here ? Because it has Robert Wyatt guesting on cornet (sadly, just on 1 track I think). Not on...
1068
Henry Potts
bondegezou
Feb 6, 2006 6:58 pm
... Does anyone know whether Manzanera and Pratt also play on the album? Henry...
1069
Chris Potts
boatmanbird
Feb 6, 2006 9:17 pm
For those who haven't heard, can I puff up Gong "Live in Sherwood Forest". This is my number 1 pick of Canterbury music of recent times - it's a soundboard...
1070
Nick
nicknpas
Feb 7, 2006 1:36 pm
Anyone know if this is going to be released in the US, or will I have to bite the import bullet? It's #1 on my must acquire list....
