The Off Topic Topic

[mongers]

They played a drum "solo" (since they were all 3) at the beginning of the second set that was great. But I thought that in some songs they tended to drown out the rest of the band. In particular in their more recent stuff (which I don't give much of a shit about, so I didn't care).

But yeah, I had a great time. Brought my mom to it, since she used to sing me "In the Court of the Krimson King" when I was a child, so I got some mother-son quality bonding time as a bonus.

Nice story.

[Josquius]

It's bizzare. No sooner have I finished my last day of work than I seem to have contracted the flu. Its as of all the evil has caught up with me at once now I'm no longer in permanent fight or flight mode.
Just hope it goes in time for job interview next week

[Malthus]

Got tickets for King Crimson tomorrow.

I checked the setlist online, and unlike last time they came to Barcelona in the 1990s, this time they do have a fanservice-ish setlist.

Just came back from this. I had kinda given up on ever being able to see King Crimson* live playing classic King Crimson stuff, so this was great. The live version of Starless was an absolute delight. Also for no apparent reason they now carry 3 drummers.

*Since now it's pretty much Fripp + randoms, this is approaching "ship of Theseus" status, but I'll take it.

I have rickets to see them in Toronto in sept. - having no idea whatsoever what they will play. 

[derspiess]

I have rickets to see them in Toronto in sept. - having no idea whatsoever what they will play. 

Get well soon 

[Malthus]

I have rickets to see them in Toronto in sept. - having no idea whatsoever what they will play. 

Get well soon 

I don't think I can recover from Prog Rock.

Or rickets. 

[celedhring]

Regarding prog rock and my mom. She introduced me to it, she's a huge fan of those bands. And one of the funniest things is that since she doesn't speak English beyond basic words/phrases, there are a lot of songs that she loves but she's never known what they are really about. One of those is Epitaph. Our conversation the other day was something like this:

"Epitaph is such a beautiful song, makes me feel so good and relaxed"
"Mom, it's about the nuclear apocalypse"
"Really?"
"Yes"
"Oh well, the music is so nice"

[Savonarola]

Saw this line in a BBC interview with Philip Glass and thought it was amusing.

An element of this show is Phelim McDermott's love of your music. He says in 1985 he followed you down the street and was too shy to say hello. Have you ever had a moment where you were starstruck?

Oh yes. In my early days as a composer, I had day jobs as most people do. For a period of time I was driving taxis and Salvador Dali got in my cab. Can you believe that? With the moustaches and everything. And I was dying to talk to him.

But it was a very short ride. I took him from a restaurant back to his hotel, only about six blocks. And I was thinking, I've gotta say something. I never could think of anything to say to him. Better that, because I'm afraid that if I said something, whatever it was, it would have been probably very stupid. In the end I can say I missed meeting him by very little.

Bet Dali would have said something if Phil's taxi had looked like:



Meg White tended bar at one of the places I used to go.  That my brush with not yet realized greatness.

[KRonn]

There was a car show a couple towns over from me and while I didn't go, I had the fun of seeing four vintage cars at a local coffee shop. They were probably on their way to the show. A couple of 30s roadsters, a sedan and a pickup truck. Very cool.   

[dps]

*Since now it's pretty much Fripp + randoms

That's more-or-less been the case for 20-some years, and arguably since the mid-70s.

[katmai]

Saw this line in a BBC interview with Philip Glass and thought it was amusing.



Meg White tended bar at one of the places I used to go.  That my brush with not yet realized greatness.

my first ever job in film I got to talk with mr. Glass.

[Josquius]

I recently learned an indie band I rather like disbanded a few years ago. Oh shucks.
On a whim I decided to google some members names....
And oh wow.
It's their linked in profiles. Fascinating to read they were juggling pretty good jobs alongside the music.
Doing the same for some other bands half seem the same whilst others have mysterious career gaps.
I've uncovered a whole new realm of creepery here

[Syt]

[Habbaku]

"Greater Bavaria" and they pick...Stuttgart? Why?

[Caliga]

Prussia 

[garbon]

Did Tim make that?