JohnJ Posted May 17, 2022 Author Share Posted May 17, 2022 The food? music? both? Those tamales are made fresh every Friday we get them for lunch sometimes. they're cheap, the avocados are not! Punch bros hit me right when I heard them, and at the price I'll give `em a listen every now and then. Talented! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 20 minutes ago, JohnJ said: Cheap is small and not too steep But best of all cheap is cheap Circumstance has forced my hand To be a cut price person in a low budget land Times are hard but we'll all survive I just got to learn to economize I'm on a low budget I'm on a low budget I'm not cheap, you understand I'm just a cut price person in a low budget land 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 12 minutes ago, JohnJ said: The food? music? both? Those tamales are made fresh every Friday we get them for lunch sometimes. they're cheap, the avocados are not! Punch bros hit me right when I heard them, and at the price I'll give `em a listen every now and then. Talented! Punch Brothers , Julep 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full Range Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 It’s been many years But I put on a CD just to see if the CD player still works 🤪 Peter Hamimil - Future Now https://www.discogs.com/master/34088-Peter-Hammill-The-Future-Now 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted May 17, 2022 Author Share Posted May 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Full Range said: It’s been many years But I put on a CD just to see if the CD player still works 🤪 Peter Hamimil - Future Now Interesting character & tunes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full Range Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 30 minutes ago, JohnJ said: Interesting character & tunes. That is one of many of his solo works - I have almost all his output on CD He is also a founding member of the band - Van Der Graaf Generator 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted May 18, 2022 Author Share Posted May 18, 2022 OK I've heard of them before here! Thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 16 hours ago, JohnJ said: OK I've heard of them before here! Thanks Van der Graaf Generator are an English progressive rock band, formed in 1967 in Manchester by singer-songwriters Peter Hammill and Chris Judge Smith and the first act signed by Charisma Records. They did not experience much commercial success in the UK, but became popular in Italy during the 1970s. In 2005 the band reformed, and are still musically active with a line-up of Hammill, organist Hugh Banton and drummer Guy Evans. The band formed at the University of Manchester, but settled in London where they signed with Charisma. They went through several incarnations in their early years, including a brief split in 1969. When they reformed, they found minor commercial success with The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other (released in early 1970 and their only album to chart in the UK), and after the follow-up album, H to He, Who Am the Only One (December 1970), stabilised around a line-up of Hammill, Banton, Evans and saxophonist David Jackson. The quartet subsequently achieved significant success in Italy with the release of Pawn Hearts in 1971. After several exhausting tours of Italy, the band split in 1972. They reformed in 1975, releasing Godbluff and frequently touring Italy again, before a major line-up change and a slight rename to Van der Graaf. The band split in 1978. After many years apart, the band finally reunited at a gig at the Royal Festival Hall and a short tour in 2005. Since then, the band has continued as a trio of Hammill, Banton, and Evans, who record and tour regularly in between Hammill's concurrent solo career. The group's albums have tended to be both lyrically and musically darker in atmosphere than many of their progressive rock peers (a trait they shared with King Crimson, whose guitarist Robert Fripp guested on two of their albums), and guitar solos were the exception rather than the rule, preferring to use Banton's classically influenced organ, and, until his departure, Jackson's multiple saxophones. While Hammill is the primary songwriter for the band, and members have contributed to his solo albums, the band arranges all its material collectively. Hammill's lyrics covered themes of mortality, due to his love of science fiction writers such as Robert A. Heinlein and Philip K. Dick, along with his confessed warped and obsessive nature. His voice has been a distinctive component of the band throughout its career, described as "a male Nico". Though the group have generally been commercially unsuccessful, they have inspired several musicians across various genres. now you have a lot to listen to 😂 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted May 18, 2022 Author Share Posted May 18, 2022 Only laughing because that post is overkill George Listening now. Bet you could do a terrific book report in school! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Just now, JohnJ said: Only laughing because that post is overkill George Listening now. Bet you could do a terrific book report in school! Just wanted to complete the topic about them , I´m listening to van der graaf generator as well right now .... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 @Full Range do you have some records from van der graaf generator ? A friend of mine owns all of them , first print releases, that´s why I know a little bit of them . The origins are not available below 250 € for one record only , but there are re -issues available on the market from all albums right now 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tromprof Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Pawn Hearts is also available as an SACD. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full Range Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 2 hours ago, MicroMara said: @Full Range do you have some records from van der graaf generator ? A friend of mine owns all of them , first print releases, that´s why I know a little bit of them . The origins are not available below 250 € for one record only , but there are re -issues available on the market from all albums right now I have a handful Van Der Graaf Generator on CD And 3 on vinyl - They are Pawn Hearts 1988, Godbluff 1975, Still Life 1976 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreG. Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 Haven´t listened to rhis in a while: 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted May 22, 2022 Author Share Posted May 22, 2022 Back-At-Cha! &Heavy Saw "the Guy" at halloween for a couple years after that one. 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreG. Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 R.I.P. Andrew Fletcher. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreG. Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Recent addition, spinning for the first time. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 2 hours ago, AndreG. said: Recent addition, spinning for the first time. one of their best 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted May 30, 2022 Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 Music For The Masses is one of their best also! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreG. Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Arrived today: Another one in this line of CD/DVD combos of DM releases. R.I.P. Andrew Fletcher 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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