Discussion on Aural Moon updates

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Greetings!

We've been busy. Whole bunches of busy. More busy than you can shake a stick at. There's a whole bunch of new music available for request and other general rotational duties as seen fit by the management.

They are:

Dean, Elton and Hewins, Mark - Bar Torque
Don Caballero - 2
Fish - Sunsets On Empire
Justin Hayward and John Lodge - Blue Jays
IQ - The Wake
Jethro Tull - A
Kaipa - Inget Nytt Under Solen
Kaipa - Kaipa
Kaipa - Keyholder
Kaipa - Notes from the Past
Marillion - Seasons End
Mystery - Destiny
Mystery - Mystery
Mystery - Theatre of the mind
Pink Floyd - The Piper at The Gates of Dawn
Ponty, Jean-Luc - Live at Chene Park
Soft Works - Abracadabra
Spheeris, Chris - Pathways to Surrender
Tangerine Dream - Encore
Tangerine Dream - Ricochet
Tangerine Dream - Rubicon
Tangerine Dream - Thief
Upright - Opinion
Frank Zappa - Freak Out
Frank Zappa - Lumpy Gravy
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All
Frank Zappa - Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Frank Zappa - We're Only In It for the Money


Enjoy!

Roger Lee

[jnighting]

Another list of great add ons.....and by the looks of it, more for me to put on my "to buy list". The options just keep getting better here on the Moon.:)

[Rick and Roll]

one I was going to put on my "records not on the moon" playlist.

Excellent!

[PlayingTheFool]

Sweet! Some Elton Dean!:D

[mossy]

Thank you, Roger. It's lovely to see the new additions in the forums and takes the pressure off you guys to get it on the home page right away. Thanks for all you do, Avian, Jim and Rog.

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by mossy
Thank you, Roger. It's lovely to see the new additions in the forums and takes the pressure off you guys to get it on the home page right away. Thanks for all you do, Avian, Jim and Rog.

My pleasure. I'm having a ball doing this stuff. I think it helps Avian and Jim out more than a bit, and it's getting me a good deal of background information for my show.

Roger

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

The key word for today, ladies and gentlemen, is Zappa. Lots of Zappa. More Zappa than you can shake a stick at. Whole metric cartloads of Zappa.

I know, I know, shyaddap and tell us what's new!

Being one to please:

Frank Zappa:

Chunga's Revenge
Piquantique
Roxy and Elsewhere
Sleep Dirt
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol II (oh thank you oh thank you oh THANK you)
Zappa in New York


Roger, Doin' what he can to brighten your day.

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Roger Lee
The key word for today, ladies and gentlemen, is Zappa. Lots of Zappa. More Zappa than you can shake a stick at. Whole metric cartloads of Zappa.

I know, I know, shyaddap and tell us what's new!

Being one to please:

Frank Zappa:

Chunga's Revenge
Piquantique
Roxy and Elsewhere
Sleep Dirt
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol II (oh thank you oh thank you oh THANK you)
Zappa in New York


Roger, Doin' what he can to brighten your day.

Incidentally, this influx of Zappa comes to us courtesy Tommy, he of our Extended Play show.

(THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!)

Sunday nights, 9 eastern 6 pacific time. You won't regret it. Trust me.

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Mahavishnu Orchestra's Inner Worlds is the latest addition to the Aural Moon playlist.

Enjoy!

Roger

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

We only have a few entries for this update, but what a few they are:


Schleigho
Premia Forneria Marconi
I Ching


Roger, who's already requested the I Ching and kinda liked what he'd heard.

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Program Director Jim has been busy. BOY has he been busy. While I've been busy catching up on my much needed beauty sleep (shyaddap), He's been busy. Very busy. Busy to the tune (heh) of:


DiMeola, DeLucia, McLaughlin - The Guitar Trio
DiMeola, DeLucia, McLaughlin - Friday Night in San Francisco
Ego Eimi - I'm Living
Hydro - Spiritualisation
Scott Jacks - You Know Me By Now
John McLaughlin - Music Spoken Here
John McLaughlin - The Heart Of Things
John McLaughlin - The Promise
Queen - Innuendo
Steve Reich - Different Trains
Steve Reich - Electric Counterpoint
Roz Vitalis - Lazarus
Roz Vitalis - Painsadist
Joe Satriani - Strange Beautiful Music
The Strawbs - Ghosts
Sunday All Over The World - Kneeling At The Shrine
Frank Zappa - The Lost Episodes


Now if you'll excuse me, I think my computer just caught fire!

Roger, "WHOA! COOL!" -dot- Lee

[Rick and Roll]

looks good but I have questions:

Innuendo? Getting past the fact that I'm not a fan of that record, doesn't seem all that prog to me.

Is that the first Satriani on the Moon? (his royal laziness says)
If so, any of the first five rate also.

just being a thorn in the side!

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
looks good but I have questions:

Oh dear...


Innuendo? Getting past the fact that I'm not a fan of that record, doesn't seem all that prog to me.


I must disagree, good sir. 5/4 flamenco guitar? Insanity? Doesn't get much more prog than that!
:D

Is that the first Satriani on the Moon? (his royal laziness says)
If so, any of the first five rate also.


Not entirely sure. Next time I'm on the station, I'll give it a look.


just being a thorn in the side!

Nothing new about that! :eek: :P

[Rick and Roll]

A nice reply, I stand corrected. Let me know your results of the Great Aural Satriani Hunt (or GASH for short).

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
A nice reply, I stand corrected. Let me know your results of the Great Aural Satriani Hunt (or GASH for short).

GASH has proven to be a WILD success!

Not only do we have SBM, but we've also got what appears to be the entire Flying in a Blue Dream album.

That's it for Joe, however.

Roger, Quicker'n Google, but not quite as rich.

[progdirjim]

Actually, we don't have all of Flying In A Blue Dream - I left off a few songs that I felt were un-prog. Big Bad Moon being one, and maybe 2 or 3 others. I have more Satriani which I will add, just keeps slipping through the cracks.

Innuendo, I uploaded less than half of it. I feel the songs I chose are reasonably proggish. The title track has Steve Howe playing that flamenco guitar, therefore it must be prog, right?

:D

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by progdirjim
The title track has Steve Howe playing that flamenco guitar, therefore it must be prog, right?

:D

Danged skippy!

Roger, who's loved Flamenco guitar since he was knee high to a short knee, -dot- Lee

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by progdirjim
Actually, we don't have all of Flying In A Blue Dream - I left off a few songs that I felt were un-prog. Big Bad Moon being one, and maybe 2 or 3 others. I have more Satriani which I will add, just keeps slipping through the cracks.


:D

Yes, good call. Must these guitar gods sing?????

BTW, Surfing With The Alien is a classic.

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

As a tax-day gift to all you wonderful listeners, Aural Moon has added a few more ditties for your listening pleasure. They are:


Joe Satriani - Joe Satriani
Joe Satriani - The Extremist
(As promised by PDJ)
Renaissance - Renaissance
Renaissance - Illusion


Enjoy!

[teermin8r]

When is Crime of the Century-Supertramp going to get added. Jim thought it was already on and said he would add soon. Just reminding. BTW, rog your doing a great job at whatever it is your doing.

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by teermin8r
BTW, rog your doing a great job at whatever it is your doing.

Thanks, Tee. I'm just doing my part to make sure the stuff gets installed and the database stays current and the latest updates get posted...

Roger

[Yesspaz]

Speaking of Satch, did anyone catch the Dream Theater/Satriani/King's X tour? I really wanted to, but with my budget...

[Rick and Roll]

I try not to compare bands as I remember them in their prime, but it's hard sometimes not to.

I've saw that show summer of last year, and have seen each band individually - DT 4 times, KX 4 or 5, and Satch 3 times.

King's X only played five songs - if you're a fanatic (as we are Spaz), it was a major disappointment. They didn't have time to set up or check well, and I'd rather have seen then do their regular 15-20 song awesome set.

Satriani was the king. The last two times I'd seen him he wasn't "all that" (Extremist and 5th record tours). The first time I saw him was in 1990 on the "Blue Dream" tour. I remember like it was yesterday. Jonathan Mover and Stu Hamm and Satch. Nothing fancy, late night, just one killer song after another. I still may be perspiring. Easily in my top five shows I've seen (approaching 300 total).

All that being said, not knowing what he had released in five years, or expecting little, he delivered. His song selection was great, and was flashy without being overbearing. He was the best of the three.

Dream Theater, it's up to you. I was awed by them the first time I saw them, but I would never go back now. The time I saw them prior was with the Dregs and what a contrast. Although I think Rudess was with them they played the entire "Scenes" record start to finish. Not a good way to run a show IMHO. As a friend of mine said "Who will wash the blood from the guitars"? We just enjoyed the Dregs, then sat in the back and drank and conversed the rest of the night. I like watching Myung on bass, but Kevin Moore was my favorite keyboardist and he's gone. The rest of them are too slick and the music's too loud.

Damn, I'm old!

How's that for a concise opinion?

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

I think I'm going to start doing the additions on a weekly basis, updating the post as I go along.

So for the week starting Friday 4/16:


First Aid - Coelacanth Ale
Tiles - Window Dressing
Ronnie Montrose - Open Fire
Ph2 - Portrait De Familie
Ph2 - Une Vie


Roger "What idiot starts a week on FRIDAY?" -dot- Lee

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

In honor of the resurrection of The Moon (with MANY kudos going to Avian for his hard work working with a cantankerous system and an operating system that [Roger -dot- Lee goes on one of his famous anti-microsoft rants that has nothing to do with the subject at hand. It's OK, you've probably heard it all before, so I'll spare you the details] FLYING CAMELS AND PIGEON POOP!

Anyway, back to the subject at hand: The Latest Arrivals!


alKemy - Within My Prism
Kate Bush - Red Shoes
Ozric Tentacles - Erpland
Anthony Phillips - Collections


Enjoy, ladies and gentlemen!

Roger -dot- Lee

[Rick and Roll]

The best Ozric CD! Yes!!!!!!!!!!!

One of the best CD's ever made!

Did I say I like it?

Yes! I must request!

Every song is great!

Yes Yes Yes!!!!!



btw - is that just one Kate Song off of the Red Shoes? I can understand if it is, just want to make sure it's not a typo.

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by Roger Lee
ISo for the week starting Friday 4/16:


Ronnie Montrose - Open Fire


I missed this?????

As much as I post? Where the hell was I! I like this even better than Erpland! (see previous post).

Un fff in believable!

Way to go jim and roger!!!

(ouch i hit my head doing cartwheels)

:eek:

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll

btw - is that just one Kate Song off of the Red Shoes? I can understand if it is, just want to make sure it's not a typo.

Heh...uh, oops. My bad. It's the entire album. I just wrote down the wrong part of the entry.

:D

uuh, OOH! LOOK! A MONKEY!

Roger -dot- Lee

[Rick and Roll]

gotcha!

saw song of solomon playing....

surprised that's on the Moon, kind of marginal for Kate....

[progdirjim]

on the kate Bush (Red Shoes), I left off 3 songs that I felt were too pop for the moon. There were probably 2 others that JUST made it. Program Director's prerogative...

[Rick and Roll]

I wonder if "Constellation of the Heart" was cut? That's a prime of example of the kind of "pop" I like (it's my favorite cut) that doesn't make it on the moon (for acceptable reasons may I add). I'd be interested to know.....

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

PDJ has been busy again. While I slept (read tried to get my sleep schedule back to something 'normal'), he presented us with a whole bunch of cool stuff:


Advent - Advent
Marillion - Marbles
Pallas - The Sentinel
Pallas - The Wedge
Todd Rundgren - Initiation
Soft Machine - Fourth
Soft Machine - Fifth
Tiles - Fence The Clear
Tiles - Tiles
Wilding Bonus - Pleasure Signals


Happy May Day!

Katamaran - Cafe Florian
Tuna Laguna - Borbola Kitchen
Tuna Laguna - Live at Blaest



Enjoy!

Now I'm going to go check out Avian's shaved cat. Actually, I'd like to see him in the Gallery! :D

Roger

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by Roger Lee
Wilding Bonus - Pleaure Signals
Roger

Pleasure, another typo!

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll


Pleasure, another typo!

I have no idea what you're talking about.

I wasn't even there that day.

They didn't need those sheep anyhow.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Roger "Picky picky!" -dot- Lee

[QuantumJo]

Thanks for all the new music.

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
I wonder if "Constellation of the Heart" was cut? That's a prime of example of the kind of "pop" I like (it's my favorite cut) that doesn't make it on the moon (for acceptable reasons may I add). I'd be interested to know.....

yep, Constellation was cut. It was one of those several on the cusp...

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

I believe we can thank VAXMan for the bulk of these new tunes. I seem to recall him wondering when they'd be on board. Well, wonder no more!


IZZ - Ampersand
IZZ - I Move
IZZ - Silver of a Sun
Karnataka - Delicate Flame of Desire


Roger -dot- Lee

[Rick and Roll]

I Move is in my player this week.:)

If I get as wealthy as Vax, I'll get the others. The Ampersand cuts sounded tasty.

Wow my 1,000th post. What a loser I am!

[progdirjim]

IZZ are cool, I like them. Stylistically similar to Spock's beard (with Neal), but I like IZZ better - their sound is more integrated than SB. How many more CDs do they have?

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
Wow my 1,000th post. What a loser I am!

Oh quiddit. There's not anything that you've posted that I haven't found enlightening or amusing in one way or another.

So there.

:p

Roger -Dot- Lee

[VAXman]

Originally posted by progdirjim
IZZ are cool, I like them. Stylistically similar to Spock's beard (with Neal), but I like IZZ better - their sound is more integrated than SB. How many more CDs do they have?

You have the lot at the moment Jim.

They are working on a new album but not ready for some time yet.

[Rick and Roll]

Not sure what you mean about "integrated" Jim maybe the blend of instruments is more cohesive?), but I heard a Strangefish song and it was ok, but it sounded like they tried to fit every idea and genre into one song. Spock's is guilty of that too on occasion.

You will get many different songs on an Izz record, but it seems to work.

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we've got another round of K3wl $tup4 for your listening pleasure. You are cordially invited to knock yerselves out.


Pallas - Beat The Drum
Queen - Pre Ordained
Supertramp - Crime of the Century
Univers Zero - Implosion

Jim: Should that 'Univers' be 'Universe'?

Roger "Beatin' the pedants to the punch" Lee

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by Roger Lee
Jim: Should that 'Univers' be 'Universe'?


I'm not Jim, but it's Univers without the "e" I think.

[Rick and Roll]

but there's no e!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What is Queen Pre Ordained??? Some kind of compilation? Say it ain't so! I can't find anything by that title. As far as I know, "Innuendo" was the last record - please say it's not a compilation, that would be weak.


Enlighten me!

[teermin8r]

Looks like its stuff before the first Queen release.

http://www.nolifetilmetal.com/queen.htm

not a glowing review, but all I could find at the moment, rick

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Yesspaz


I'm not Jim, but it's Univers without the "e" I think.

I think you're probably right, considering that's how it was on the disk. I was just pre-empting Rick in this case. :D

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
but there's no e!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What is Queen Pre Ordained??? Some kind of compilation? Say it ain't so! I can't find anything by that title. As far as I know, "Innuendo" was the last record - please say it's not a compilation, that would be weak.


Enlighten me!

I AM Jim and there's no "E" in Univers Zero.

Queen "Pre-Ordained" is a brand new release of material that pre-dates the first album. All of it was recorded between 1969 and 1973. I found it to be interesting, and fairly progressive.

Rick, on Izz and "integrated", what I was referring to is that SB (to me) is pop with progressive instrumental breaks inbetween, whereas Izz integrates pop and progressive into a coherent whole. It is truly progressive pop, whereas SB is pop, then progressive, then pop, then progressive.

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by progdirjim


I AM Jim and there's no "E" in Univers Zero.


Praise Be To Jim, Director of Program, and fount of Knowledge.

I have ENGRAVED the LACK of E on the KUMQUAT of ENLIGHTENMENT! And it SHALL BE SO!

Roger "oh, about 4:30 this morning, why do you ask?" -Dot- Lee

[Rick and Roll]

for the update Term and Jim.

Looks like the Queen is like the "Proto-Kaw":D Should be fun. I had no idea there was music from that period. Very nice.

That Spock's analysis Jim is spot on.........

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Greetings one and all!

Todays additions, though few, are heartfelt. Personally, I've never heard of either of these groups, but I'm sure I will shortly. I'd have queued up some examples, but Gnosis was running, and Alex would have probably had issues had I stepped on his show.


Gargantua - Gargantua
Paatos - Kallocain


And, for reasons known to nobody in particular, it seems that one album didn't get announced. Shame on me. I blame the hours I work.


Satriani, Joe - Surfing with the Alien


(and if that got double announced, well, it's such a kickin' album, it deserves two. So there. :P )

Enjoy!

Roger -Dot- Lee

[Wojtek]

Thanks for update Roger. This Paatos should be one of the best 2004 albums. Fantastic mellotron performance and Steven Wilson as a producent.
Gargantua is Polish band, something for Gentle Giant fans.

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Wojtek
Thanks for update Roger. This Paatos should be one of the best 2004 albums. Fantastic mellotron performance and Steven Wilson as a producent.
Gargantua is Polish band, something for Gentle Giant fans.

I thought I detected a bit of Eastern Europe in Gargantua when I loaded them into the database based on the song names.

Can't wait to hear some of it...

Roger -Dot- Lee

[Rick and Roll]

[ Satriani, Joe - Surfing with the Alien
Roger -Dot- Lee [/B][/QUOTE]

Another record with Stu Hamm!!!!!

Crank it please!

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
[ Satriani, Joe - Surfing with the Alien
Roger -Dot- Lee

Another record with Stu Hamm!!!!!

Crank it please! [/B][/QUOTE]

I'll have to give it a listen. Haven't made it to that Satriani yet.

Note the operative word "Yet".

Roger "Yes, I like Satriani" -Dot- Lee

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Happy 5/19, folks! We've got quite a few new goodies for you to explore, scope, and otherwise peruse and enjoy. So it would be my personal advice that you should explore, scope, and otherwise peruse and enjoy as time and mood allows.


Don Caballero - What Burns Never Returns
Flores, Hugo - Atlantis
Journey - Dream After Dream
Journey - Frontiers
Oldfield, Mike - Tres Lunas
Oldfield, Mike - Tubular Bells 2003


Roger -Dot- Lee

[Yesspaz]

Tres Lunas and Dream After Dream are killer. Word.

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
Tres Lunas and Dream After Dream are killer. Word.

Indeed. When I inserted them into the library, I queued one up from Dream AND Tres Lunas. I was impressed by both of them.

Roger -Dot- Lee

[progdirjim]

What I like about Tres Lunas is that it doesn't sound like every other Oldfield release. There's a sameness to his sound (to me) which means I like any of his albums, but I need space between listens.

Same thing about the Journey, though that one was pretty interesting in it's own right. Nice mix of the orchestra/strings and Schon's guitar. It got cheesy in one or two places, and I did leave one song out (sounded like sappy pop to me), but overall a fine effort.

[Yesspaz]

The one song you left out, "Little Girl," was actually the one song not written for the soundtrack. It was written as a "single" to support the album. Since it was a Japan only album, whupty-do. In the Time3 boxed-set, someone (I think Schon) said that they wished they'd saved it for Escape.

So, good ears there Jim!

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Greetings, and salivations, ladies and germs! Some interesting new stuff to drool over in the AM Library...


Knight Area - The Sun Also Rises
Marillion - This Strange Engine
Schleigho - In The Interest Of Time
Schleigho - Farewell To The Sun


Also, Il Banchetto by Premiata Forneria Marconi has been repaired and resinstalled on the moon.

Enjoy-ez Vous!

Roger

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Boy. SOMEBODY'S been busy lately. Very busy. We've got all KINDS of cool stuff for you to snoop around and putter with and generally enjoy:


Enid, The - Aerie Faerie Nonsense
Hackett, Steve - Bay Of Kings
Jethro Tull - Stormwatch
Rundgren, Todd - Hermit Of Mink Hollow
Zappa, Frank - Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
Zappa, Frank - Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More
Zappa, Frank - Return of The Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

Enjoy!

And that's an ORDER! :D

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Hoo boy. We've got a bunch of new stuff. Some I've actually heard of, too! Some of it sounds awful eclectic. Some of it to the point of unpronouncability (is that a word?).

Enjoy!



Blezqi Zatsaz - The Tide Turns
Drama - Drama
Dun - Eros
Electric Orange - Orange Communication
McLaughlin, John - Adventures In Radioland
Mostly Autumn - The Spirit of Autumn Past
National Health - Missing Pieces



And a couple of late additions:


Hackett, Steve - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hackett, Steve - Voyage Of The Acolyte

[PlayingTheFool]

[i]Originally posted by Roger Lee

National Health - Missing Pieces

Excellent. Just accomindate Complete & you're set!:D

[Rick and Roll]

I had a chat with Jim about that and I agree that "Complete" would be the best National Health to get. I hope it's relatively cheap - the first two records individually were too costly.

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by PlayingTheFool

On A Dilemmia Between What I Need & What I Just Want

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Canterbury_Scene/



I don't know whether to be distressed or amused that the 'sponsored links' on that page all are pointers to progressive bifocals.

Roger -Dot- Lee, easily amused at this hour.

[Wojtek]

Originally posted by Roger Lee


Mostly Autumn - The Spirit of Autumn Past


Thanks for this album Roger. Very good stuff :)

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Wojtek


Thanks for this album Roger. Very good stuff :)

Indeed. I've liked what I've heard from it so far. In fact, I think Jim hit 100% with this lot as there isn't anything that I've heard from this lot that I haven't liked.

Roger -Dot- Lee

[PlayingTheFool]

Originally posted by Roger Lee


I don't know whether to be distressed or amused that the 'sponsored links' on that page all are pointers to progressive bifocals.

Roger -Dot- Lee, easily amused at this hour.

Good to know.

You should join...:cool:

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Now it's generally considered bad form to quote your own stuff. However, I've never been known for my form, so here are my comments:

Originally posted by Roger Lee


Blezqi Zatsaz - The Tide Turns
This one is turning into a total surprise. I'm not usually a fan of artists I have trouble pronouncing. On this one, I will make an exception. This is a must hear. Very, VERY tight accoustic guitar. Highly suggested.

Drama - Drama

Another surprise from the vault. I find that I"m starting to like this one. Nuances and dynamics that I was certainly NOT expecting. This is another one that I plan to investigate as time goes on.

McLaughlin, John - Adventures In Radioland

This one probably surprised me more than anything else. I was expecting more new-agy/neo-prog from Mr. McLaughlin, and have been pleasantly surprised at the balance involved. Very tight, free flowing, yet secure in itself. Must Investigate More.

Mostly Autumn - The Spirit of Autumn Past

Typical of Mostly Autumn. This is not a disparaging comment at all. They do what they do very well. Nice, relaxing music without being sleep inducing or overly impressed with themselves. And it shows in their music.

National Health - Missing Pieces

This one leaves me a bit confused. How about some feedback? Good? Bad? Too neo/classical/medal, ETC.

Actually, I'd LOVE to hear some feedback on all of these. I, for one, am impressed at the quality and dynamics that are being re-introduced into the 'rock music' genre as a direct result, IMO of the progressive rock scene.
And a couple of late additions:


Hackett, Steve - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hackett, Steve - Voyage Of The Acolyte


I personally am looking forward to hearing a bunch of this new stuff. From what I've heard, it should be some outstanding work.

Well, enough rambling. I have to get up in far too few hours.

Roger -Dot- Lee.

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Greetings and salutations, one and all! We have updates that are few in number but HUGE in ... well, I'll let YOU find out!


Xang - Destiny of a Dream
Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, and Howe - Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, and Howe


We also updated our collection from Close To The Edge by installing Siberian Khartou.

Make with the high-end enjoyment factor!

Roger -Dot- Lee "And How!"

[KeithieW]

Great to have the ABWH album here............:D

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by Roger Lee
We also updated our collection from Close To The Edge by installing Siberian Khartou.


Roger -Dot- Lee "And How!"

My favorite Yes song was not on the playlist until now? Weird.

Now you just need to spell it right.:rolleyes:

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll


My favorite Yes song was not on the playlist until now? Weird.

Now you just need to spell it right.:rolleyes:
Bah. You know what I meant.

Roger "I'll fix it later" -Dot- Lee

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Rick 'n Rule

My favorite Yes song was not on the playlist until now? Weird.

Now you just need to spell it right.

Ya know, I looked at it. I tried it the other way.

I like it better this way.

Everyone else is going to be searching on 'Siberian' instead of 'Khatru' anyway.

(besides, it's correct in the RQ bin. So even if they search on Khatru instead of Siberian, they'll find it).

So I'm gonna leave it Just Like It Is.

So There.

Roger -Dot- Lee, actin' like the cranky servers he's dealin' with.

[progdirjim]

we did have several versions of Siberian Khatru on the playlist, just not the studio version. Don't ask me why, that predates my time here.

Jim "who me?" Brennan

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Greetings, Fellow Lunites!

Boy do we have a bunch of REALLY good stuff. I just spent the better part of an hour fiddling and poking and prodding and doing other interesting things with the cool new selection. The random track selection was top notch.

I'm gunna quit raving and start posting. Here, in no particular order:


Bozzio, Terry & Billy Sheehan - Nine Short Films
IQ - Dark Matter
Karda Estra - Voivode Dracula
Ritual - Superb Birth
Saens - Prophet In A Statistical World
Tr3nity - Precious Seconds


The overwhelming majority of people who were in the white room at the time (both of us) loved it all. I'm sure you will too.

Roger -Dot- Lee

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by Roger Lee

Here, in no particular order:


Bozzio, Terry & Billy Sheehan - Nine Short Films
IQ - Dark Matter
Karda Estra - Voivode Dracula
Ritual - Superb Birth
Saens - Prophet In A Statistical World
Tr3nity - Precious Seconds


Roger -Dot- Lee

actually, it is in a particular order - alphabetical, to be precise.

Jim the nit-picker...:rolleyes:

[Rick and Roll]

Roger is not one for detail............

just minutae.:D

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by progdirjim


actually, it is in a particular order - alphabetical, to be precise.

Jim the nit-picker...:rolleyes:

Actually, the fact that it's in alphabetical order is completely coincidental. I went through, copied, wrote, updated, waited for the station to stop rebuffering, updated. Lather, rinse, repeat. Consider it lucky that they were alphabetical.

Roger -Dot- Lee "And they didn't need those sheep anyway" :D

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

We've been busy, folks. First, we get a whole slew of them earlier this week, and then we get a whole slew again, plus a half a slew on top of that!

Here's what's new:

Bacamarte - Depois Do Film
Blezqi Zatsaz - Rise And Fall Of Passional Sanity
Discipline - Push And Profit
Ensemble Nimbus - Scapegoat
Eyestrings - Burdened Hands
Galadriel - Mindscrapers
National Health - Complete
Nirgal Vallis - Y Murio La Tarde
Parmenter, Matthew - Astray


Enjoy, folks! That's a LOT of REALLY cool stuff we just added....

Roger -Dot- Lee, more and more impressed by the day...

[progdirjim]

Did I not upload Matthew Parmenter like I thought I did, or did you forget to mention it? Or is there some other more sinister explanation?

:cool: :eek:

[Rick and Roll]

In my excitement to request, I have found the answer (I hope).

The Parmenter is loaded, but the Eyestrings was not.

Very sinister.............

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
In my excitement to request, I have found the answer (I hope).

The Parmenter is loaded, but the Eyestrings was not.

Very sinister.............
Uh...they're both up there. I neglected to mention the Parmenter because I was plumb tuckered out. They're both up there...

Roger, who's gonna get some sleep next time.

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by progdirjim
Did I not upload Matthew Parmenter like I thought I did, or did you forget to mention it? Or is there some other more sinister explanation?

:cool: :eek:

Sorry, boss, nothing sinister this time. I just misapplied my brain and forgot to post about it. It's installed, and, as I recall, a couple have already played. As for the Eyestrings, I'd loaded it, but evidently the Database Gods(TM) didn't accept my offer of a rubber chicken, so I had to re-do it.

That was done this afternoon.

Anyhoo, that's what happened. Oops. I was tired and sleep deprived (Hey! I'm depraved on accounta I'm deprived!)

Oh, and about that one National Health song that I'd mentioned elsewhere: I think it's a good call to leave it off. It makes no sense and will likely leave people scratching their heads than anything else. Something along the lines of "What was THAT?" springs to mind right off hand...

Roger -Dot- Lee

[KeithieW]

Originally posted by Roger Lee

It makes no sense and will likely leave people scratching their heads than anything else. Something along the lines of "What was THAT?" springs to mind right off hand...

Roger -Dot- Lee

That's odd Roger............I've been scratching my head (no it's not lice) on occaision recently too. I keep wondering "Skinny fists????? What was THAT!!!!" :D

Sorry Spaz............just joshing.:p

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by Roger Lee

Oh, and about that one National Health song that I'd mentioned elsewhere: I think it's a good call to leave it off. It makes no sense and will likely leave people scratching their heads than anything else. Something along the lines of "What was THAT?" springs to mind right off hand...

Roger -Dot- Lee

hmm, I'm not so sure I disapprove of making people think "WTF?":D

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by progdirjim


hmm, I'm not so sure I disapprove of making people think "WTF?":D
Yah, well there is a certain amount of pleasure involved in that, and hell I may pop it on the stack just for the WTF factor myself. But eight seconds of BZZZ and WOOBOOWOOBOO is ... well, strange. Hrm. Next time I see some GY!BE, I might pop it on either side of it!

Now THERE'S an idea....:D

[Rick and Roll]

That's a funny tune! If someone wants to waste their request on that tune. I say go for it! I mean the Who has a 14 second or so tune, and what's the one off of Fragile, like 40 some seconds?

Seems more bother to leave it out.

Here's the liner notes on the tune:

"At last on record, Pip's (Pyle) grudging acknowledgement of the commercial need for a drum solo. Go down a storm in the States".

That's a lot of work for an 8 second song. Look, I even remembered the name of the tune without peeking!

Bring it back! Just don't attach it to GYBE!

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by progdirjim


hmm, I'm not so sure I disapprove of making people think "WTF?":D

Well, now, I didn't expect it to have such an overwhelming following!

And since it's so popular, I might convert it into a station ID! That way it'll get all KINDS of play!

Roger "But seriously, folks" -Dot- Lee

[Rick and Roll]

that way Xanadu could get a break every once in a while. And if you were feling really jaunty, you could include Floyd's "Several Species" song too!

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Greetings and salivations, ladies and germs!

We've got a few more additions to the wonderful AM library. I'm looking forward to checking this new stuff out myself.


The Balkanescu Quartet -- Possessed
Fred Frith -- Gravity
Kevin Moore -- Ghost Book
Jean-Luc Ponty -- Individual


Roger -Dot- Lee, who should have had this stuff stuffed and mounted yesterday. *blush*

[moses]

For those who aren't aware, the Balanescu Quartet stuff is mostly string quartet arrangements of Kraftwerk songs... interesting!

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by moses
For those who aren't aware, the Balanescu Quartet stuff is mostly string quartet arrangements of Kraftwerk songs... interesting!

and Moses should know as it was his donation - everybody say "Thanks Moses"...:D

[progdirjim]

the latest additions:

Henry Cow - Unrest
Popol Vuh - Einsjager & Siebenjager
Gjallarhorn - Grimborg
Xen - Master Of Night
Gongzilla - Suffer
Tunnels - Tunnels
Cathedral - Stained Glass Stories
Scott Lindenmuth Group - Penalty Phase
Styx - Man Of Miracles
Styx - The Serpent Is Rising

I think Roger dot had already posted this, but we had some serious weirdness with the forums over the weekend...

[Yesspaz]

no thanks to the hacker, this is the third time I've posted how glad I am Popol Vuh is hear. A major influence on Tarentel, they are one of the forgetten Krautrock bands, but are incredible.

[KeithieW]

I just noticed that there is an Opeth track on the playlist. When was this added?

I must admit to not liking anything this band have ever done apart from the "Damnation" album which has some great tracks on it.

I'm surprised that a few more weren't added.......was this the only one you thought fitted Jim? Just interested to know.

[progdirjim]

I actually had nothing to do with Opeth being added. Based on the little I've heard of them (Inlcuding snippets of "Damnation"), I'm not interested in them...

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Greetings campers! I bring you good news from the front!

OK, enough silliness, let's get on with the new titles....


Phreeworld - A Pretty Dam
Phreeworld - Crossing The Sound
Quark Space - Live Orion
Quark Space - Spacefolds 6
Quark Space - The Hidden Moon
Soft Machine - Live In Paris
The Magic Elf - Elf Tales


Merry Christmas! Or something...

[Bob Lentil]

Wasn't Elf Tales already on the playlist?

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by Bob Lentil
Wasn't Elf Tales already on the playlist?

Yes, but we were missing a song which I added. I didn't mention to Rger that it was only one song that was new...

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Ya know, I just can't turn my back on PDJ without him going and uploading far too much cool stuff. I mean REALLY! I work and slave away, and next thing you know, he's uploaded THIS!!!!!:


Automatic Man - Automatic Man
Azureth - Yesterday's Future, Tomorrow's Past
Djam Karet - Live at NEARfest 2001
Enchant - Tug Of War
Isopoda - Taking Root
Keneally, Mike - Wooden Smoke
Land of Chocolate - Regaining The Feel
McGill, Scott - The Hand Farm
McLaughlin, John - Belo Horizonte
Nektar - A Tab In The Ocean
Novalis - Novalis
Pinhas, Richard - Tranzition
Ponty, Jean-Luc - Tchokola
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra
Rush - Grace Under Pressure
Tangerine Dream - Logos
Tiemko - Parade
Tisaris - Once Humanity
Visible Wind - Emergence
Yezda Urfa - Boris


Gah. I got tired typing it all in! That's TWENTY new albums! Enjoy!

(thanks, Jim. I'm drooling over a number of those, and a bunch that I've never even heard of!)

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by Roger Lee
Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra
Rush - Grace Under Pressure

Am I right to guess that we'll be seeing more and more Popol Vuh in the future, Jim? :D

I didn't realize Grace Under Pressure WASN'T in the library! Now if we can just convince him to add Presto and Counterparts... :p

[Rick and Roll]

True Spaz - Bands like Tull and Rush, although my faves, have a lot of the catalogue missing.

However, I like that rather than the alternative of not giving other bands play...................

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
Am I right to guess that we'll be seeing more and more Popol Vuh in the future, Jim? :D

I certainly hope so. I kinda like what I've heard so far...

I didn't realize Grace Under Pressure WASN'T in the library! Now if we can just convince him to add Presto and Counterparts... :p

I'm sure that donations of Presto and Counterparts would be gratefully accepted...

Roger -Dot- Lee, delivering hints via Louisville Slugger since 1992.

[teermin8r]

delivering hints via Louisville Slugger since 1992.

Love that line dot, can I use that also? :D

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by teermin8r
delivering hints via Louisville Slugger since 1992.

Love that line dot, can I use that also? :D

You (and everyone else, for that matter) are welcome to use use any of my stuff. Just give credit where appropriate (IE don't go spreading around that it was from me, but if a compliment comes along out of it, let them know you'll let the originator know...that sort of thing)

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
Am I right to guess that we'll be seeing more and more Popol Vuh in the future, Jim? :D

I didn't realize Grace Under Pressure WASN'T in the library! Now if we can just convince him to add Presto and Counterparts... :p

Grace Under Pressure was here, but it predated me and was ripped at 64K - i.e. BAD quality. I just re-ripped it off of my CD.

More Popol Vuh is likely. I would call them my favorite Krautrock band, keeping in mind I put Tangerine Dream in their own category.

No need for donations of Presto - I have it; or Counterparts - I used tohave it and traded it in I liked it so little. And I pretty much NEVER trade in CDs... Point being I'm not likely to add it.

RnR - what Tull are we missing? I think we have most of the prime stuff. I know we're missing Under Wraps, which I don't think much of...

[Rick and Roll]

Not the Counterparts again! I'll just have to play it myself.

Term - beat me to it, that's a funny line of Roger's! A classsic!!!!!

It's very late in my neck of the woods.....tell you what Jim....can you list what you do have....and I'll list what I think should come next in order all the way to the very last one.....I'll even list the crappy one(s)......

[KeithieW]

Originally posted by Roger Lee

Azureth - Yesterday's Future, Tomorrow's Past - AMAZING new album by a new band, I love it

Nektar - A Tab In The Ocean - Nektar's finest IMHO

Tangerine Dream - Logos - Great album, I was there when they recorded it. :D




Many thanks Jim and Roger. Hours or Aural fun there.

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
Not the Counterparts again! I'll just have to play it myself.

Term - beat me to it, that's a funny line of Roger's! A classsic!!!!!

It's very late in my neck of the woods.....tell you what Jim....can you list what you do have....and I'll list what I think should come next in order all the way to the very last one.....I'll even list the crappy one(s)......

next week - I'm off to New Orleans for a bachelor party - yikes!

[Rick and Roll]

I was thinking that there were not many tull songs on the moon. then i realize that when I went down the list, almost all were on here!

I'll look next week too,have fun!

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by progdirjim
next week - I'm off to New Orleans for a bachelor party - yikes!

Drat. And that's but a 12 hour drive from here. Ah well, maybe NEXT bachelor party...

Roger -Dot- Lee

[podakayne]

many thanks for adding Automatic Man!


i was working late last nite and deep in thought w/the moon in the background...softly singing Genie-genie....when my inner child said "hey girl! you better recognize!!! you havent heard that since the 70s"

i came to myself and said what is this yeah....great gotta hear more....no time the thank the moonie who put the suggestion in the forms...i've forgotten who it was...but thank you Jim, Avian and roger for adding it.

:D

now back to work:rolleyes:

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
It's very late in my neck of the woods.....tell you what Jim....can you list what you do have....and I'll list what I think should come next in order all the way to the very last one.....I'll even list the crappy one(s)......

From memory, I think we have:

Stand Up, Living In The Past, Aqualung, Thick As A Brick, Passion Play, War Child, Minstrel In The Gallery, Too Old To Rock and Roll, Songs From The Wood, Heavy Horses, Stormwatch, A, Crest Of A Knave, Rock Island, Roots To Branches, J-Tull Dot Com, and I think there's one more really old one (Stand Up/This Was era, but I'm spacing on the title) on the list -- Benefit!

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

A day late and a dollar short, as usual. This should have been uploaded yesterday, but I got busy, and other things happened, and, aw shoot, pick an excuse.

Here they are!


California Guitar Trio - Whitewater
The Flower Kings - Adam & Eve
Focus - Jan Akkerman & Thijs Van Leer
The Gak Omek - Alien Eye


Enjoy!

Roger -Dot- Lee

[teermin8r]

How about you were pickin' peaches, dot? Sounds good to me. :D

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by teermin8r
How about you were pickin' peaches, dot? Sounds good to me. :D

YEAH! That's it. Between Peaches, Pecans, and Peanuts, I just plumb fergot! That's it. :D

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

We've managed to locate some VERY interesting looking tracks (they all look interesting if you can read MP3 encoding, but that's another story, of course).

Anyway, here is the latest and greatest! Wonderful way of sending July out with a Whumph! or something like that.


Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Doc At The Radar Station
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
Poverty's No Crime - The Chemical Chaos
Zappa/Beefheart - Bongo Fury
Zappa, Frank - 200 Motels


As always, enjoying the music is encouraged, and tossing live ordinance at Microsoft Corporation, while cheered upon by a certain contingent of Aural Moon members, is generally frowned upon by the authorities.

Roger -Dot- Lee, debating whether his new found monicker "Dr. Dot" should become a standard part of his vernacular, and even going so far as to ponder changing his middle name to -Dot-...

[Yesspaz]

Beefheart..., nice.



On a totally unrelated note, I think it's time to restart this thread. It's almost as long as the original quiz one!

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
On a totally unrelated note, I think it's time to restart this thread. It's almost as long as the original quiz one!

Don't you DARE! Don't you DARE touch my thread!

This was, I think, the very first thread I ever started here on the moon, and it ain't goin' NOWHERE, thenkyewverrymuch!

[mossy]

Love the thread of course. Only suggestion might be to have a separate sticky thread for comments and ramblings to updates. But it really doesn't matter. :D

[Yesspaz]

I'm just saying, it's about time to start it over.

New Additions: front page - 4 new Kaipa albums!
What was that, 9 months ago?

I love the thread, just needs to be started over. This is just my opinion, and you remember how much you paid for it.

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
I'm just saying, it's about time to start it over.

New Additions: front page - 4 new Kaipa albums!
What was that, 9 months ago?


03-17-2004 08:52 AM

I read that as a little over 4 months. If it'd been like 8 months three weeks or something, I wouldn't have mentioned it. But a half year...well, I'm sure you see the point.


I love the thread, just needs to be started over. This is just my opinion, and you remember how much you paid for it.

And worth every penny. :P :D

[Rick and Roll]

restart

[Yesspaz]

Holy crap! Rick and Roll and VAX agreeing with Spaz in the same day?!?!?! Are the stars aligned or something? :D

Seriously Roger.Lee. It's not like some vital thing, I just think it's getting long. That's all. I won't even mention it again. It matters a hill of beans.

"But this is our hill, and these are our beans." - Leslie Nielson

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
Holy crap! Rick and Roll and VAX agreeing with Spaz in the same day?!?!?! Are the stars aligned or something? :D


Yeah, I noticed that myself. I was wondering if I'd stumbled upon an alternate reality or perhaps the wrong Aural Moon or something.



Seriously Roger.Lee. It's not like some vital thing, I just think it's getting long. That's all. I won't even mention it again. It matters a hill of beans.

"But this is our hill, and these are our beans." - Leslie Nielson

Oh, I know. I was just pulling people's legs. The biggest reason I put them all in one place, though, is to have a running record of what was uploaded when. It makes updating the site a lot easier.

And besides, I was thinking of restarting once we'd filled up page 10. :D

[KeithieW]

Sticky thread that is Read only for the updates and Roger's thread for comments/flames/witticisms.

Easy really guys. :D

Love from Mr Smug Git.

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by Roger Lee
I was just pulling people's legs.
Have you SEEN my leg? Hows abouts we not pull it, okay? :D

The sticky thread idea of mossy's rules.

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
Have you SEEN my leg? Hows abouts we not pull it, okay? :D


Oh, yeah. That's right. Sorry 'bout that, Spaz.

Now if you all will excuse me, I think I'll go have a raging case of the screamin' heebie-jeebies now.

:eek: *shudder* :eek: :eek: *twitch* :eek: :eek: *eeeEEEEEEeeeee* :eek: :eek:

*blink*

*shudder violently*

:eek:


The sticky thread idea of mossy's rules.

Yeah, I think it is, and toss Keithie's on top of it. The only problem with that is that it's a LOT easier THIS way for Rick to come along and point out spelling errors. He doesn't have to switch threads that way. :P

Roger -Dot- Lee, always considerate of his fellow progsters.

[Yesspaz]

new top ten funny right there.....

[Rick and Roll]

my spots.

I believe the only grammatical correction I've made recently is in response to the correction of the apostrophe. I figured that if Spaz was so detailed about that, he wouldn't have been careless about A and AN.

I'm no linguist (well maybe Ian Gillian's type on "Knocking At Your Door)";) , but

here are some common ones:

their and there
to and too
its and it's

the big one, completely attributable to typing too fast, is Avian's favorite, "teh" instead of "the". He's good for one of those every day on the shout.:eek:

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
here are some common ones:

their and there
to and too
its and it's



Oh MY yes. Those make my teeth itch, too.

Plus, my all time favorite: For all intensive purposes.

That one will ALWAYS make me cringe.

Roger -Dot- Lee, who's been doing a lot of cringing lately.

[zvinki]

And my favourite is "should of" instead of "should have" (don't you dare mention starting a sentence with "And"). Of course living in Quebec I am exposed to a whole slew of English bastardizations unique to French Canada.

[Rick and Roll]

in accounting, we have the "fiscal year". It always ends up being the "physical year".

In the old Jeopardy shows, I used to think Art Fleming was saying "be North Pacific" instead of "be more specific".

And.......:D

Roger your teeth itch? I'd get that checked out!

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll

And.......:D

Roger your teeth itch? I'd get that checked out!

Yeah, no kidding, especially when you consider that they're store bought...

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
I figured that if Spaz was so detailed about that, he wouldn't have been careless about A and AN.

I am usually a lot more careful about song titles and album titles and stuff that'll be "permanent" than I am abouty my posts - if that makes sense. And I want to point out that it wasn't A and AN, it was AN and AND. And I want to start this sentence with the word "and" to. So their you have it. Its been great talking too you.

In other words, I casually proof-read my posts, but diligently proof my setlist posts for BrainRock. Diggity.

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

We've got TWO pieces of WONDERFUL! AMAZING! NEWS! to bring the loyal listeners here at Aural Moon:


We're violently wrenching the topic of this thread BACK to where it should be!
We've got TONS of new updates! This puts us at over 12400 songs total! (so you don't have to request Tubular Bells every day)


So, without further ado or spewage:


Ain Soph - A Story Of Mysterious Forest
EKO - Future Primitive
Fauconnier, Jean-Marc - Les Cites Inerieures
FSB - II
Hidria Spacefolk - Symbiosis
KBB - Four Corner's Sky
Mats-Morgan - Trends And Other Diseases
Munju - Moon You
Priam - Diffraction
Samla Mammas Manna - Maltid
SBB - Nowy Horyzont
SBB - Pameic
Tabula Rasa - Tabula Rasa
Tako - Tako
Wigwam - Being


Roger -Dot- Lee, amazed at how much good news and other cool stuff can be crammed into one posting.

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by Roger Lee
We've got TWO pieces of WONDERFUL! AMAZING! NEWS! to bring the loyal listeners here at Aural Moon:


We're violently wrenching the topic of this thread BACK to where it should be!
We've got TONS of new updates! This puts us at over 12400 songs total! (so you don't have to request Tubular Bells every day)


So, without further ado or spewage:


Ain Soph - A Story Of Mysterious Forest
EKO - Future Primitive
Fauconnier, Jean-Marc - Les Cites Inerieures
FSB - II
Hidria Spacefolk - Symbiosis
KBB - Four Corner's Sky
Mats-Morgan - Trends And Other Diseases
Munju - Moon You
Priam - Diffraction
Samla Mammas Manna - Maltid
SBB - Nowy Horyzont
SBB - Pameic
Tabula Rasa - Tabula Rasa
Tako - Tako
Wigwam - Being


Roger -Dot- Lee, amazed at how much good news and other cool stuff can be crammed into one posting.

much of this stuff is fulfilling requests from the music suggestions thread, including some old ones; and note the geographic diversity: Japan, France, Sweden, Finland, Bulgaria, Poland, Yugoslavia, Germany and Ireland. Have fun requesting!

[KeithieW]

Excellent, most Excellent!!!!!!!

Time for some serious new music RQing.

Thanks Jim, Dotty man et al. :D

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by progdirjim
much of this stuff is fulfilling requests from the music suggestions thread, including some old ones; and note the geographic diversity: Japan, France, Sweden, Finland, Bulgaria, Poland, Yugoslavia, Germany and Ireland. Have fun requesting!

I was wondering about all the song titles having strange thingies around the letters. This would explain it, of course.

Rõgër -Dôt- Lëé

[Yesspaz]

Rõgër -Dôt- Lëé
How do you DO that? I can't get little symbols for nothing.

[roger]

How do you DO that?
you're on Windows, right? there's a little program called "character Map", I believe. it can generate all that funky stuff for you...

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
How do you DO that? I can't get little symbols for nothing.

It's a piece of cake on the Wonderful Macintosh™, and just slightly more complicated on the Evil™, Nasty™ Windoesn't systems. As someone else pointed out, just find the character map utility. It's got all KINDS of cool stuff in it.

Roger -Dot- Lee, disappointed that Windoze doesn't support Cyrillic like it should.

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Greetings and salutations, music lovers!

In keeping with my rank stubbornness, I have again uploaded and configured a whole BUNCH of Jim's handiwork for your enjoyment.

Personally, I'm REALLY looking forward to some of the Steve Stevens. Flamenco guitar just makes me squeal like a little kid sometimes.

Anyway, again, in no particular order....


Dream Theater - Awake
Stevens, Steve - Flamenco A Go Go
Dream Theater - Images And Words
Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory
Dream Theater - The Silent Man
Stevens, Steve - Flamenco A Go Go
Dream Theater - When Dream And Day Unite
The Flower Kings - Stardust We Are
Lest - 3937
Pain Of Salvation - Entropia
Stevens, Steve - Flamenco A Go Go
Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element Part I
Stevens, Steve - Flamenco A Go Go


Did I mention that I REALLY like Flamenco guitar?

Enjoy! I'll likely be stuffing the queue as time and circumstance allows.

Roger -Dot- Lee, trying NOT to make Stevens, Steve the next Mike Oldfield.

[Wojtek]

Originally posted by Roger Lee


Dream Theater



For the moldy used as cannon fodder beef roulade's sake!!!!!!!!

It's revolution, I was execting everything but not Dream Theater!! How was it possible? :p

And big thanks for two albums I really love, The Perfect Element and Stardust We Are. Phenomenal stuff! Thank you guys!! :)

[Rick and Roll]

we have crossed over the bridge.....on the wings of Charon....to the dark side!

Thanks to Woj, to remind me Stardust is updated. I skipped over it - I was so dumbfounded by the Theater!

Anyway, I have three of the four added:D

Roger - you're not bucking for Billy Idol are you?:eek:

Have at it people I'll be back tomorrow.

[moses]

Horror. Revulsion. Fear. Disbelief. Hopelessness...

Searching...

RELIEF!

The DT additions are single songs, not entire albums. Some of them are instrumental tracks. Whew.

[progdirjim]

hehehehe

haven't had this much morning forum activity in awhile.

Yes, the DT additions are individual tracks. They are a subset of those Tommy (he of Extended Play fame) hand picked awhile ago. I pared a few out, and I'm comfortable with the ones added. If all DT sounded like these, we'd have more of them.

That Steve Stevens is a find. I knew he was a reasonably talented guitarist when he played with Billy, but his work with Bozzio-Levin-Stevens was a pleasant surprise. A friend turned me on to this solo album, and I really like it. Feedback is welcome.

Billy Idol being added? If you thought DT was a long shot...:D

and no other comments on Pain Of Salvation? Some people call them prog-metal. My description to Avian awhile back was this: DT is a prog band playing metal music. POS is a metal band playing prog music. It may sound subtle, but it's a significant difference. At least in my opinion...

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by Wojtek
For the moldy used as cannon fodder beef roulade's sake!!!!!!!!


that is the quote of the year, perhaps.:cool:
is English your second language Woj? If so, I'm impressed. Hell, even if it's not, I'm impressed.

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Wojtek
For the moldy used as cannon fodder beef roulade's sake!!!!!!!!


I'm going to use this quote somewhere. I don't quite know where yet, but I will. Somewhere.

Originally posted by Rick 'n Roll

Roger - you're not bucking for Billy Idol are you?



I will be pushing up daisies after having been run over by a runaway herd of wild Alpaca before I EVER request, push for, or do anything but burn, crush, incinerate, or fling from high locations, anything by Billy Idol.

Roger -Dot- Lee "EEEWWWW!!!"

[Steady Stan]

"Eyes without a Face" is a good song - great guitar work on it.

The snarl ain't bad either...

[moses]

Roger.Lee said:
I will be pushing up daisies after having been run over by a runaway herd of wild Alpaca before I EVER request, push for, or do anything but burn, crush, incinerate, or fling from high locations, anything by Billy Idol.
Oh you must not have heard his Cyberpunk album.






Oh wait, neither did I.

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by progdirjim
but his work with Bozzio-Levin-Stevens was a pleasant surprise.
and no other comments on Pain Of Salvation?

I bought the BLS first one, and I liked it at first but it bored me later. SS is a good guitarist though.

I have to listen to Pain some more. It's not the genre that concerns me it's just unexciting.

Alpaca? there's a visual.....

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by progdirjim
That Steve Stevens is a find. I knew he was a reasonably talented guitarist when he played with Billy, but his work with Bozzio-Levin-Stevens was a pleasant surprise. A friend turned me on to this solo album, and I really like it. Feedback is welcome.


OK, now that everyone is over the shock of DT, I've got a bit of feedback on the Steve Stevens album.

I am personally very glad that I heard his work before I was aware that he was at one time associated with Billy Idol, or that would likely have jaded me away from what has turned out to be one of the best albums on the Moon. Now I'm quite aware that there might be others that disagree with me, and, as I've said in the past, they're all welcome to their opinion, no matter how wrong it is. This has become, in my opinion, one of the better sleepers on the entire site. It's NOT just Flamenco guitar, but an interesting fusion of Flamenco with assorted and sundry other styles.

And he makes it WORK!

This is a real gem, Jim. Ya hit the jackpot on this one.

Roger -Dot- Lee, STILL groovin' on it.

[podakayne]

as reading this section forwards....

with a rebel yell she cried. "more, more, more!"


i must make the request sometime soon
(of course less is more ;)

[teermin8r]

So when did the one song by Pineapple Thief get added and where is the rest of the album. Mossy turned me on to this wonderful group. Hope the rest of the cd makes here too. :D

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by teermin8r
So when did the one song by Pineapple Thief get added and where is the rest of the album. Mossy turned me on to this wonderful group. Hope the rest of the cd makes here too. :D

It's a single track that was part of a Gnosis show a few months ago.

As for the rest of the CD, well....

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Greetings, faithful readers!

We've just made a nice little update to the library. I ran a few of the tracks earlier today, and liked what I heard. I may take a few moments on occasion and randomly slap one on the queue (new music manager's perogative).

Anyhoo, here they are:


Programme D'Experience - Thought Molecules
Stealing The Fire - Hot Ice & Wondrous Strange Snow
Zen Rock and Roll - End Of The Age


Enjoy!

Roger -Dot- Lee, liking the Zen one so far....

[podakayne]

i heard all 3 of those today...and i was very busy...but took note of the names in my itunes player....i like all 3!

your work is seamless but not unnoticed!

great additions
thanks:)

[RogorMortis]

I am most tempted to send Roger a Billy Idol for Christmas but then I proberbly get arrested for cruelty to animals

[teermin8r]

Just picked up Flamenco-A-Go-Go. And Dr. Dot is right, it is awesome. But if roger wants to borrow my Billy Idol cd's, he's more than welcome. :D

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by teermin8r
Just picked up Flamenco-A-Go-Go. And Dr. Dot is right, it is awesome. But if roger wants to borrow my Billy Idol cd's, he's more than welcome. :D

Only if I can use 'em for target practice....

Roger -Dot- Lee, Where's mah shotgun....

[KeithieW]

A "mate" got me a GY!BE double album the other day.

Perfect as coasters :D

[Yesspaz]

A Modest Proposal:

Get your favorite drink, turn the lights low, sit in your favorite listening spot, put your new copy of "Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven" on, open your mind for a fresh listen, and give that whole album a listen. Then post what you think. I'm really interested to find out your response.

[Rick and Roll]

I for one am not ready to see Keith leave this Earth that quickly.

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
A Modest Proposal:

Get your favorite drink,

that better be one hell of a drink... :D

turn the lights low, sit in your favorite listening spot, put your new copy of "Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven" on, open your mind for a fresh listen, and give that whole album a listen. Then post what you think. I'm really interested to find out your response.

[KeithieW]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
A Modest Proposal:

Get your favorite drink, turn the lights low, sit in your favorite listening spot, put your new copy of "Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven" on, open your mind for a fresh listen, and give that whole album a listen. Then post what you think. I'm really interested to find out your response.

How odd................Before I read your post I ordered "Skinny fists" and it's winging it's way here as I type. More power to you Spaz. :D

[zvinki]

You're going to love it Keithie!

I just bought myself a new pair of speakers (Totem Sttaf for the audiophiles) for my listening room and Lift Your ... is one of my favourites on this new system. Other honourable mentions are Porcupine Tree's In Absentia, OSI, LTE, A Perfect Circle's Thirteen Steps and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. For some reason Tool and Rush don't sound great on them.

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by zvinki
You're going to love it Keithie!

I just bought myself a new pair of speakers (Totem Sttaf for the audiophiles) for my listening room and Lift Your ... is one of my favourites on this new system. Other honourable mentions are Porcupine Tree's In Absentia, OSI, LTE, A Perfect Circle's Thirteen Steps and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. For some reason Tool and Rush don't sound great on them.

Can't speak for Rush, per se, but I don't think a set of speakers exist that makes Tool sound good.

But that's just my opinion.

Roger -Dot- Lee, not into the screechy sound.

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by Keith Waye
How odd................Before I read your post I ordered "Skinny fists" and it's winging it's way here as I type. More power to you Spaz. :D Ok, so, you bought "Skinny Fists" and a friend gave you a GYBE! double album? "Skinny Fists" is GYBE!'s double-album... Are you about to have two copies? If so, send one to Rick and Roll. He's salivating over it.

[KeithieW]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
Ok, so, you bought "Skinny Fists" and a friend gave you a GYBE! double album? "Skinny Fists" is GYBE!'s double-album... Are you about to have two copies? If so, send one to Rick and Roll. He's salivating over it.

Needless to say the coasters thing was a feeble attempt at humour.

Sorry Rick I only have the one copy.

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by Keith Waye
Needless to say the coasters thing was a feeble attempt at humour.

Sorry Rick I only have the one copy.

That's OK.....I don't have much room for any more angst.....i got into ANOTHER accident today!:eek:

[Steady Stan]

Sorry to hear the news, reck & roll! :eek:

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by Steady Stan
Sorry to hear the news, reck & roll! :eek:

would have sent you a line too, but the email i have for you is not functioning! (reck and roll is a good one)....

at some point i'll tell you the sordid news...two trashed cars in four days!

are you in the way of the storm?

[Steady Stan]

Too bad you're not swinging a bat... Hope everyone's ok.

I'll send you an email with a new addy for me.

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
That's OK.....I don't have much room for any more angst.....i got into ANOTHER accident today!:eek:

Oh my.

That can't be good.

I'm hoping that:


nobody was hurt
it was the other guy's fault


Roger -Dot- Lee

[roger]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
That's OK.....I don't have much room for any more angst.....i got into ANOTHER accident today!:eek:

sorry to hear that, Rick. the insurance company must love you... :(

hope you and yours are ok.

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Our beloved program director, ProgDirJim, and his beloved wife, Mrs.ProgDirJim, recently took a vacation to the Land of the Rising Sun (otherwise known as 'Japan'). He managed to bring back some of the wonderful treasures of those exotic lands.

It's a shame I'm married, or I have had him bring someone^H^H^Hthing back for me! :D

And now, ladies and gentlmen (and you too, Rick):


Battles - EP C
Esperanto - Last Tango
It Bites - Calling All The Heroes - The Best Of It Bites
Keith Tippet Group - You Are Here ... I Am There
Kenso - Yume No Ka
Pinnella, Michael - Enter By The Twelfth Gate
Tangent - The World That We Drive Through
Tenn Jin - As On A Darkling Plain
The Gak Omek - Return Of The All-Powerful Light Beings
Wyatt, Robert - Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard


Roger -Dot- Lee, makin' room on his dance card for some more of that Esperanto.

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by Roger Lee



Tenn Jin - As On A Darkling Plain


Roger -Dot- Lee, makin' room on his dance card for some more of that Esperanto.

clarification - we had Tenn Jin already, but I re-ripped the "As On A Darkling Plain" suite as two side-long pieces, rather than the 8 separate tracks it was previously...

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by progdirjim
clarification - we had Tenn Jin already, but I re-ripped the "As On A Darkling Plain" suite as two side-long pieces, rather than the 8 separate tracks it was previously...

Right. I was going to mention that. Honest!

Roger -Dot- Lee, wasn't miles away at the time, it was my evil twin, they didn't need those sheep anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

[KeithieW]

Excellent add to the playlist.

I have all their albums and think they are superb.

I know a Las Vegas Goddess who will be delighted at this addition too.

btw. I get the impression that Dr Dot is DJing at the moment as a lot of the new adds are playing as I type and catch up on old posts.

It's good to be back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

[mossy]

Goddess in Vegas? Has poda moved down here?

Keith and I agree on one thing...It Bites is superb. I've heard a lot of flack about them...that they were too commercial in their approach, but it doesn't matter to me. What Francis Dunnery brought in energy to that group, even in the middle of his drunken daze, is amazing. Two guitarists who really get me...Dunnery is one of them.

Not prog related, but check out his solo album "Man".

Rick, you in particular would prob like that one.


m

[KeithieW]

Originally posted by mossy
Goddess in Vegas? Has poda moved down here?



If she has then that's two goddesses in one town. Greedy old Vegas!!!!!

I thought we agreed on a lot of things mossy. But you're right. Francis is an amazing person.

btw. Just ordered Man from amazon on your recommendation mossy. I'm sure it will be amazing. What about his other solo work? Is that worth investigating too?

[mossy]

I thought you had "Man", keith. I'm sure you'll like it. In fact, I'll eat my hat if you don't.

Other recommendations...

His first when he broke from It Bites, "Welcome to the Wild Country"

"One Night in Sauchiehall Street", mostly acoustic set with his friend Ashley Reakes.

"Hometown"

You can get all of those on his site www.francisdunnery.com

ps: "Man" is his most brilliant to date, imho.

[progdirjim]

I picked up that It Bites collection in Japan for $9 - based on it, I may pick up more of their stuff. Some of it is uncomfortably close to middle o fthe road rock, but most of it I liked quite a lot. Any feedback on which of their original albums are most or least prog would be appreciated...

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by progdirjim
I picked up that It Bites collection in Japan for $9 - based on it, I may pick up more of their stuff. Some of it is uncomfortably close to middle o fthe road rock, but most of it I liked quite a lot. Any feedback on which of their original albums are most or least prog would be appreciated...

agree...reminds me of Izz...they are not really prog to me but I love it.

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Boy. We here at Aural Moon hit the Jackpot(TM) when ProgDirJim went to Japan! Here's the latest and greatest updates to The Moon. Enjoy!


Mertens, Wim - Close Cover
Mogwai - Come On Die Young
Mogwai - EP+6
Mogwai - Happy Songs For Happy People
Mogwai - Rock Action
Mogwai - Ten Rapid
Mogwai - Young Team


Roger -Dot- Lee, noticing that someone already found one of the Mogwai tracks not 5 minutes after I posted them.

[podakayne]

i'll be requesting new stuff all day tomorrow (my head's not quite clear today!)

thanks jim...hope you didn't spend all your time shopping...what a bore that would've been;)

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by podakayne
i'll be requesting new stuff all day tomorrow (my head's not quite clear today!)

thanks jim...hope you didn't spend all your time shopping...what a bore that would've been;)

Oh, I dunno if he spent all his time doing it, but let me tell you, it was time well spent!

Roger -Dot- Lee, gettin' his requestin' finger ready

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by Roger Lee

Mertens, Wim - Close Cover
Mogwai - Come On Die Young
Mogwai - EP+6
Mogwai - Happy Songs For Happy People
Mogwai - Rock Action
Mogwai - Ten Rapid
Mogwai - Young Team
But what about Mogwai's "My Father My King?" :( :D

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
But what about Mogwai's "My Father My King?" :( :D

You'll have to ask Our Father, Our King ProgDirJim about that.

Roger -Dot- Lee, I just stuffs 'em, I don't picks 'em.

[Yesspaz]

Oh, I doubt it'll get added. That's why I put the frown and the grin, because I know better. It's a 20+ guitar angst workout. It's got sections and movements, but it's pretty heavy and loud and long, so it might be a little extreme for the AM sound. The sticker on the disc says "Two Parts Serenity and One Part Death Metal." I hope that gives all of us an idea of what it sounds like. If I were ProgDirSpaz, I'd add it, but I am not. So, I'll lobby for it, but I'm not putting money on it. I looked over the list and noticed the one song Jim didn't add is "Stereodee," which I KNEW he'd not add. I, yes even I, the broad-definition-of-prog-guy, wouldn't add that one. That'd scare small animals.

Now that doesn't mean "Stereodee" and "My Father My King" won't get some BRock airplay :D

[mossy]

Jim, I don't think there's any one album more prog than another. I think you made a great choice in the "Best of- Calling all the Heroes"cd.

The only song missing from the selection, and not sure why as it's a superb song, is Ice Melts into Water.

The studio version of that song can be found on "Eat me in St. Louis" and the live version on "Thank You and Good Night" (a great album but a lot of the songs are covered on the "Best Of", albeit in studio version)

Keith, Rick...would you agree with my assessment of less prog/more prog?

btw, theres an archival video clip of the band doing "Underneath Your Pillow" on their website.

[mossy]

Another moon worthy song is "Once around the World" off the same named album.

They released the three early albums and then the live album (all songs off the earlier albums) and then the "best of". Hard not to have some redundancy somewhere.

There's a fairly recent release as well..."Live in Montreux", from older past performance.

Five of the ten songs on Montreux are already on the "Best of" but it does include "Once Around the World" as a bonus track.

Anyway, that said, my picks would be "Once Around the World" the album, and "Thank you and Good Night" for the live version on Ice Melts Into Water.

You can actually have a listen to "Once Around the World", the song, as an audio clip in the downloads section of their site. www.itbites.com

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
But what about Mogwai's "My Father My King?" :( :D

is that an individual song? if so, I just haven't gotten to it yet. I did the complete albums first...

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by podakayne
i'll be requesting new stuff all day tomorrow (my head's not quite clear today!)

thanks jim...hope you didn't spend all your time shopping...what a bore that would've been;)

actually, the Mogwai was a donation from Ben, nee Yesspaz... and Wim Mertens has been sitting in my collection for years, I just forgot to add it before...

[KeithieW]

For me their second album is the best. Not to say that the others are any less worthy but if I had to pick one for the Moon it would be "Once around the World".

It is certainly their most progressive. With Steve Hillage co-producing a few of the tracks, it's clear that IB had prog in mind for this album. The album opens with the explosive, albeit rather poppy 'Midnight' and is followed up with 'Kiss like Judas'; the hit single from OATW. With the pop out of the way the band plough into 'Yellow Christian' the first of three conceptual songs on the album. 'YC' is awash with Tony Banks style keyboards, and some quirky Yes-ish vocals, not to mention a few odd time signatures for good prog measure. This is not to say that this album is a rip off of other artists. IB always had their own style and sound, even though their three studio albums were all very different. 'Old man and the angel' was the second single from this album. As a single it failed miserably, but thats hardly surprising as it's a great song!! The CD unlike the vinyl has the full 9 minute version of OMATA, which in my view is the one of the best tracks on the album. The epic is the title track. A thirteen minute collage of English prog eccentricity, woven together by excellent musicianship. It Bites were a sadly underated prog act in the 80's. Once described as 'Like Marillion with sex. A far more pallatable concept than sex WITH Marillion'.

[Rick and Roll]

My "Bites" knowledge has waned over time...please give me a tune or two for the Sunday show....wink wink nudge nudge

[KeithieW]

Jim,

I had a little bit of luck and won a couple of quid on a bet.

I've arranged for the It Bites album "Once Around the World" and Khan's "Space Shanty" to wing their way to you. Not sure how long they'll take but they will get there eventually.

[progdirjim]

Originally posted by Keith Waye
Jim,

I had a little bit of luck and won a couple of quid on a bet.

I've arranged for the It Bites album "Once Around the World" and Khan's "Space Shanty" to wing their way to you. Not sure how long they'll take but they will get there eventually.

Damn, this'll cost me - seems only fair that I owe you a pint for this, so I'll have to fly to London to deliver it. Of all the rotten luck!

:D

Thanks mate, and I'm serious about the pint. Not sure when exactly, but I'll deliver in person...

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by progdirjim
is that an individual song? if so, I just haven't gotten to it yet. I did the complete albums first... It is both and individual song and a complete ep (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8b1tk60xrkrg).

[mossy]

Keith, I love what you do with your winnings!

Wonderful choice in Once Around the World. Don't think you'll be disappointed, Jim.

And Space Shanty....been re-listening to this one for the past few days. Hope you'll consider adding the whole thing to go along with the track we already have. It's a gem.

Interesting the Steve Hillage connection there, Keith. I didn't know.

[KeithieW]

Originally posted by mossy
I thought you had "Man", keith. I'm sure you'll like it. In fact, I'll eat my hat if you don't.

Other recommendations...

His first when he broke from It Bites, "Welcome to the Wild Country"

"One Night in Sauchiehall Street", mostly acoustic set with his friend Ashley Reakes.

"Hometown"

You can get all of those on his site www.francisdunnery.com

ps: "Man" is his most brilliant to date, imho.

No need to eat your hat mossy. I love it!!!!!! Some wonderful acoustic guitar sounds there. Beautiful songs and great lyrics.

Thank you for the recommendation.

xxxx

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Instead of doing my patriotic duty as an American by slamming down a sixer of Budweiser and laughing at the two idiots debating for the presidency, I decided to take this wonderful opportunity to upload Jim's latest contribution to the station.

And let me tell you, those contributions are wide ranging and significant (as opposed to the two faces that are making noise on the TV at this time)

Anyway, enough political ranting. Time to give y'all the low-down on the low-down.


Bellador - The Day's Intent
Cyklus - Planet of Two Suns
Far Corner - Far Corner
Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery
Keaggy, Phil - Invention
Magus - The Garden
Mastermind - Live in Tokyo
Mathematicians - Irrational Numbers
Muffins, The - Double Negative
Nardulli, Joe - Joe Nardulli
Nathan Mahl - Heretik Volume III - The Sentence
Oldfield, Mike - Amarok
Rare Blend - Cinefusion
Rare Blend - Evolution Theory
Rare Blend - Infinity
Richard Leo Johnson Trio - Poetry Of Appliance
Rodulfo, Raimundo - The Dreams Concerto
Rovo - Flange
Rovo - Imago
Rovo - Pico!
Rovo - Sai
Schon, Neal - Late Nite
Soniq Theater - This Mortal Coil
Unruh, Steve - Out Of The Ashes
Yang - A Complex Nature


Now try telling me that my time wasn't better spent.

Roger -Dot- Lee

[Rick and Roll]

I guess I better play some of these soon huh? :D

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by Roger Lee
Mathematicians - Irrational Numbers
Roger -Dot- Lee

Now whadda ya know now I dont have to play my copy for the fusion show!

Excellent!

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
Now whadda ya know now I dont have to play my copy for the fusion show!

Excellent!

We aim to please!

Roger -Dot- Lee, So you aim too, please!

[Bob Lentil]

I was trying to request some of the new Richard Leo Johnson stuff, and I can't find it. Am I blind or is it not there?

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by Bob Lentil
I was trying to request some of the new Richard Leo Johnson stuff, and I can't find it. Am I blind or is it not there? Yeah, I can't locate the Minstrel bonuses or Bellador either. Did it all get loaded? I know some did cause I requested Schon's "The Theme."

[KeithieW]

Excellent!!!!!!

The three Heretik albums are IMHO essential listening. Thank you Jim for getting the final one for us to pick from.

Those of you who have these albums, try playing them ALL one after the other. Sure, it will make for a long night in but you will LOVE the experience. Comfy chair, a bottle of "something" and (if you're lucky) a friend to share the experience with.

Hey now there's an idea for a one off on the Moon. A Nathan Mahl "Heretik Fest". I'd be up for that one!!!!!!! :D

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
Yeah, I can't locate the Minstrel bonuses or Bellador either. Did it all get loaded? I know some did cause I requested Schon's "The Theme."

Those got loaded. I'll give it a quick look and see if I can figure out what happened.

Roger

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Yours Truly
Those got loaded. I'll give it a quick look and see if I can figure out what happened.

Roger

OK, mystery resolved, all songs should be loaded. Figured out what happened. For some reason known only to the engineers at Microsoft, a whole bunch of those albums had a 'C' status (even though I checked them last night and they had a 'S' status (which means playlist city)). Blame Bill Gates. Lord knows we do it all the time.

Roger -Dot- Lee, hell, he's even responsible for all these blasted hurricanes we've had this year.

[Yesspaz]

Roger.Lee, you're my hero - in computer related matters anyway. For basketball players I tend to lean toward Larry Bird and Jason Kidd. Musicians? Well, where do I start?

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
Roger.Lee, you're my hero - in computer related matters anyway. For basketball players I tend to lean toward Larry Bird and Jason Kidd. Musicians? Well, where do I start?

Wow. I rate up there with Larry Bird and Jason Kidd? I'm ... I'm touched.

Roger -Dot- Lee, only wishes he was as cool as Martin Orford or Chris Squire, spandex or no....

[Rick and Roll]

When I extracted a couple of songs off of the playlist on my first show, they were not on the playlist to be requested.....hoping that this was a glitch, and when I pull more off of the list, it does not remove the song to request.

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Jim managed to sneak in a few really cool updates on to the site. I've popped a few samples on the queue and they'll play after Brainrock this evening. I'm really looking forward to giving them a listen!


Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, and Howe - An Evening of Yes Music Plus
Life 9 - Life 9
Vai, Steve - Flexible


Enjoy!
Roger -Dot- Lee

[Rick and Roll]

Flexable's a bit uneven, but "Viv Woman" is a fun song :D

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
Flexable's a bit uneven, but "Viv Woman" is a fun song :D

I've liked a lot of Vai's work. Not all of it, for sure, but a lot of it.

I'll give Viv a listen. Thanks for the pointer.

Roger -Dot- Lee, going to get that macro'ed somehow...

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

OK...while I was busy running Gagliarchives and chasing down errant inodes and forcing them into submission, Jim's been doing what Jim does best: finding cool stuff. And lots of it. And when I say lots, ladies and gentlemen, I'm not talking about your run of the mill lots. I'm talking about lots on steroids. Lots that need special permission to drive on the freeways. Lots that start in one time zone and end in another one.

We're talking bunches of lots here, folks.

Anyway, I'll let you be the judge of how much lots this is:


Appleseed Cast, The - Two Conversations
Clark, Stanley - Stanley Clark
It Bites - Once Around The World
Malibran - La Citta Sul Lago
Malibran - Le Porte Del Silenzio
Malibran - Strani Colori
Malibran The Wood Of Tales
Oldfield, Mike - The Songs Of Distand Earth
Pain Of Salvation - BE
Pineapple Thief - Variations On A Dream
Quarkspace - Drop
Renaissance - A Song For All Seasons
Rush - Presto
Santo & Zappa - Santo & Zappa
Schon, Neil - Beyond The Thunder
Smith, Michael W - Freedom
Tangerine Dream - Alpha Centauri
Tangerine Dream - Goblins' Club
Tangerine Dream - Tyranny of Beauty
Triumvirat - Mediterranean Tales
Zappa, Riccardo - Celestion


Roger -Dot- Lee, See what I mean about lots?

[Bob Lentil]

Originally posted by Roger Lee
Rush - Presto
Woohoo! Presto fans unite!

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by Bob Lentil
Woohoo! Presto fans unite!

All three of ya!

(Actually less than perfect Rush is better than most other stuff)

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by Bob Lentil
Presto fans unite!
"Show! Don't Tell!" - May be the best Rush song between Signals and "Driven" from Test For Echo. The rest of the album is okay. I'm also fond of "Scars" and "Red Tide." Still, it's an underrated album. I like it, but it's not a Rush classic by any means. But "Show Don't Tell"! Man what a song!::cool:

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
"Show! Don't Tell!" - May be the best Rush song between Signals and "Driven" from Test For Echo.

Then again it may not be. :D

I like the song, but you just passed over three records there.

[mossy]

Thanks for Pineapple Thief, Jim!

Working on seeing them with The Tangent, IQ and Tantalus on Oct. 30th at Progsfest in the UK. Arriving in London from the US the same day, so should be a time zone bender.

Headsup on that to kw and other over the swamp moonies. It's being held in Chippenham.

http://www.geocities.com/progsfest/home.htm


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[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by mossy
Thanks for Pineapple Thief, Jim!

Working on seeing them with The Tangent, IQ and Tantalus on Oct. 30th at Progsfest in the UK. Arriving in London from the US the same day, so should be a time zone bender.

Headsup on that to kw and other over the swamp moonies. It's being held in Chippenham.

http://www.geocities.com/progsfest/home.htm


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You realize, of course, that pictures are going to be a requirement.

I've added to my list of things to add a gallery for FafferFests.

Roger -Dot- Lee

[Michael Rawdon]

I like Presto. "Show Don't Tell" is okay, but "The Pass", "Presto", "Hand Over Fist" and "Available Light" are all among my favorite Rush tracks. In a sense, Presto best illustrates Rush's songwriting approach of jamming melodies together, sometimes well and sometimes awkwardly. Ultimately. I was disappointed that they discarded the semi-acoustic sound some songs on Presto have, which I think would have been a more interesting direction than the one they took in the 90s.

(I think Roll the Bones was half of a good album, Counterparts was sort of like all the worst parts of Presto done over again, and Test For Echo was, well, the less said, the better. I think it will be the last Rush album I own, as I haven't been able to work up any enthusiasm for buying Vapor Trails.)

Best Rush track? For my money, it's "The Big Money". But you can practically throw darts at Hold Your Fire's song list for second-best.

[Rick and Roll]

Ask 10 people who mostly like later Rush what they're favorite songs are, you'll get 10 different answers. Ask 10 older Rush fans, and they all agree for the most part.

[Bob Lentil]

Originally posted by Michael Rawdon
"Show Don't Tell" is okay, but "The Pass", "Presto", "Hand Over Fist" and "Available Light" are all among my favorite Rush tracks.I can't believe it. Someone besides me likes "Hand Over Fist." During my extensive Presto bashing research, I discovered that "Hand Over Fist" is the most derided song on the album. It is also my favorite. I salute you, Michael Rawdon, for your excellent taste in music.

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by Bob Lentil
I can't believe it. Someone besides me likes "Hand Over Fist." During my extensive Presto bashing research, I discovered that "Hand Over Fist" is the most derided song on the album. It is also my favorite. I salute you, Michael Rawdon, for your excellent taste in music.

There's nothing wrong with that song. Again, less than perfect Rush is still great.

Personally, I deride Anagram. Now that's a crappy tune!

[Yesspaz]

Originally posted by Michael Rawdon
(I think Roll the Bones was half of a good album, Counterparts was sort of like all the worst parts of Presto done over again, and Test For Echo was, well, the less said, the better. I think it will be the last Rush album I own, as I haven't been able to work up any enthusiasm for buying Vapor Trails.) Amazing. I think they just got better and better from Presto to Vapor Trails! Exactly the opposite from your assessment. :eek:

[Michael Rawdon]

Originally posted by Bob Lentil
I can't believe it. Someone besides me likes "Hand Over Fist." During my extensive Presto bashing research, I discovered that "Hand Over Fist" is the most derided song on the album. It is also my favorite. I salute you, Michael Rawdon, for your excellent taste in music.
Excellent! My first step on the way to total prog-world domination! :D

I'm a sucker for prog which mixes in acoustic guitar. There's a point in The Flower Kings' full-disk set "Garden of Dreams" on Flower Power which suddenly shifts from the full-electric sound to being driven by an acoustic guitar. My favorite part of the disk. It's why I like "Presto" and "Hand Over Fist", too.

FWIW, I think I'd say that "War Paint" and "Red Tide" are my least-favorite tracks on Presto. It's a rather uneven album.

[Michael Rawdon]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
Amazing. I think they just got better and better from Presto to Vapor Trails! Exactly the opposite from your assessment. :eek:
Well you know, if we all agreed on everything, the world would be a pretty boring place, yes? :)

I was once talking with a friend who is a much bigger Rush fan than I, and he was talking about Rush's worst albums and I was talking about their best and at almost the exact same instant we both said: "...Hold Your Fire."

So it just goes to show you.

[Rick and Roll]

three of the biggest Rush fans are me, my sister, and Zvinki.

I'm not sure if we agree on favorites either.

[KeithieW]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
three of the biggest Rush fans are me, my sister, and Zvinki.

I'm not sure if we agree on favorites either.
Tell me more about your sister Rick. :D

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by Keith Waye
Tell me more about your sister Rick. :D

The fact she likes hard rock and heavy metal makes her an anomaly I guess. We have seen many concerts together, most recently Yes. However, she is quite intolerant of most prog, so I don't argue too much anymore. Her husband is very intolerant of prog. I've seen Queensryche and Peter Murphy with him, however.

Shipping her across the pond would have been good, I would have liked to visit. But you're three years too late.:cool:

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll

Shipping her across the pond would have been good, I would have liked to visit. But you're three years too late.:cool:

Wasn't that a Levi Strauss commercial a number of years ago?

Or was that something else?

Roger -Dot- Lee, easily confused

[zvinki]

I guess now that I have been named I have to add to this discussion.

I was not too fond of Presto when it came out. I didn't like the sound (I think Geddy was playing that hateful Steinberger bass. Sounds like a farting guitar). I also did not, and still don't, like their prog-pop forays. I am more of the old school Rush fan preferring their epics and instrumentals over the more concise musical and lyrical statements that they currently do. Having said that, Vapour Trails is my favourite CD since Signals I think primarily because they have gone away from prog-pop and more toward hard rock with a rich textural sound and the most interesting bass lines that I have heard in a long time from them.

I would have preferred that Counterparts was added instead of Presto but my complaints, regarding AM, are few and far between.

Now back to my lurking.

[Rick and Roll]

Originally posted by zvinki
I guess now that I have been named I have to add to this discussion.

I was not too fond of Presto when it came out. I didn't like the sound (I think Geddy was playing that hateful Steinberger bass. Sounds like a farting guitar). I also did not, and still don't, like their prog-pop forays. I am more of the old school Rush fan preferring their epics and instrumentals over the more concise musical and lyrical statements that they currently do. Having said that, Vapour Trails is my favourite CD since Signals I think primarily because they have gone away from prog-pop and more toward hard rock with a rich textural sound and the most interesting bass lines that I have heard in a long time from them.

I would have preferred that Counterparts was added instead of Presto but my complaints, regarding AM, are few and far between.

Now back to my lurking.

I knew I'd call you out!:D

See what I mean? I agree with the old school and the Counterparts....but not Vapor Trails. ;)

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Well, Jim might have thought he could sneak another update by me, but I was on top of things this time!

(Actually, to be honest, he dropped me an email letting me know they were there. So I like to embellish. Sue me.)

Anyway, they are:


Alamaailman Vasarat - Vasaraasia
Finneus Gauge - More Once More
Finneus Gauge - One Inch Of The Fall
French TV - Pardon Our French
French TV - The Case Against Art
Infinity - Infinity
Theory Of One - Antithesis
Toccatta - Anonima Existencia
Trap - Insurrection


Enjoy!

Roger -Dot- Lee, liking that Toccatta....

[progdirjim]

And once again, I should clarify, a few of these (Toccata, Finneus Gauge and Alamaailman) are single songs I picked up off the web (legally I'm proud to say)

Originally posted by Roger Lee
Well, Jim might have thought he could sneak another update by me, but I was on top of things this time!

(Actually, to be honest, he dropped me an email letting me know they were there. So I like to embellish. Sue me.)

Anyway, they are:


Alamaailman Vasarat - Vasaraasia
Finneus Gauge - More Once More
Finneus Gauge - One Inch Of The Fall
French TV - Pardon Our French
French TV - The Case Against Art
Infinity - Infinity
Theory Of One - Antithesis
Toccatta - Anonima Existencia
Trap - Insurrection


Enjoy!

Roger -Dot- Lee, liking that Toccatta....

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Well, Jim has done it again. There are several new titles up on the Moon. I'll spare the assembled the witty quip, shut up, and post the titles:



Cleveland, Barry - Memory & Imagination
Cleveland, Barry - Volcano
Durant, Jon - Things Behind The Sun
Egg - Egg
Glass, Philip - Dancepieces
Kennedy - Kennedy
Khan - Space Shanty
Martin Maheux Circle - Physics Of Light
Mystery - Destiny - Queen of Vajra Sp...
Network - Highly Committed Media Players
Vladimir Badirov Project - Greetings From Nostradamus



Roger -Dot- Lee, puttin' in some fun-kay hours lately.

[progdirjim]

and as usual, a caveat - the Mystery and Martin Maheux are individual tracks from a sampler. The rest are complete albums. Enjoy!

[Rick and Roll]

on my 12/19 show - to get some of these tunes on...



....you can even play.......I can't get the words out.........P hi l i p GGGGGGGLLLLAAAASSSSSSSSSSS!

Whew...did it..wow!

[Rick and Roll]

Bravo! I see the 2 in 1 Minimum Vital just added to the Moon. I picked them up only last week and heard them TODAY. Then I see them on the Moon. What a coincidence!

They are outstanding! As is Sarabandes, which I also have.

Definitely look for them on the 12-19 show.

[Rick and Roll]

Using the last two Moon updates (see prior posts here and the Moon main page), and any 2004 releases, please throw in some ideas for my next Rickter Scale show by Wed 12/15.

I want to catch up on that stuff, and I had planned to not worry about a set list.

The Mininum Vital will most likely be played in its entirety, leaving 2+ hours to fill.

Suggestions, please?

[Roger -Dot- Lee]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll
Using the last two Moon updates (see prior posts here and the Moon main page), and any 2004 releases, please throw in some ideas for my next Rickter Scale show by Wed 12/15.

I want to catch up on that stuff, and I had planned to not worry about a set list.

The Mininum Vital will most likely be played in its entirety, leaving 2+ hours to fill.

Suggestions, please?

How about Random Selections from the Playlist. Scroll randomly, pick blindly, sit back and enjoy. Kinda like an extension of the Request Free Wednesday or something.

Just my $.02.

Roger -Dot- Lee, remember what you paid for it.

[KeithieW]

Tracks including guitarists called Steve???????????

Take your pick from Vai, Morse, Howe, Hillage, Hackett........maybe more.

Solo and band contributions. Might be a blast. Certainly be some damned fine music.

PS. There's no guitarist called Steve in Don Cab, GY!BE, Unwed Sailor, Mogwai, Turing Machine etc. is there? If there is forget I ever spoke. :D :p

[Rick and Roll]

but, I will not be present on Sunday PM this week. The Steve idea is good (and I may do that in the future) but the idea is to play the new additions.

What I'm asking is what of the last two adds really floats your boat? For instance, the Minimum Vital I really like so that will be there.

Bands like Egg, Khan, Maheux, French TV, Fin Gauge, Am Vas, I know. But the others I'm fuzzy on.

If I don't get enough I'll do what Roger says and pick a song or two from each.

I just wanted to see what was required to play (like dude this song is cool etc). :D

[mossy]

Rick, I'd like to hear Chance.

The first track off the cd is really good, but any of my attempts to hear anything else through RQ have been futile to date, because I'm not on the computer long enough for the track to come around.

I'm right on the edge of buying the cd just cuz of the first track. Would love to hear the rest.

But I understand you might not want to take a chance on it (har har).

Anybody else able to add a bit more about this cd?