The infamous "what are you listening to" thread!

^^^^^ Wow very nice, I'm hearing little touches of Louis Cole throughout…..^^^^^

Good evening citizens and welcome to a lovely Friday awaaaaay on out in the valley,
barring any unscheduled workplace bs, my weekend starts now, with something special…..

After a monetary loss on consciousness we're back with…..

Good morning earthlings and welcome to a magnificent Saturday morning awaaaaay on out in the valley…..
Awoke before the dawn, strolled down to check the water level of the local creek.
Today it's a stream, full of 20 + ducks and ducklings discussing local politics…..

Good Morning - brought a $2 second hand tape of ELO Out of the Blue (second shop only had tape No2)- played nice in my NAK RX202 until it got to the end of the side and the tape unspooled itself into the machine lol - no damage done to the Nak but the ELO tape is toast Thinking the old tape leader had unglued itself :biggrin: At least it was not one of my original Zappa tapes eg Chunga and JABFLA :biggrin: However Just looking online now maybe I should not have thrown it in the bin as Discogs and Fleabay say it worth $40 to $80 bucks :freak:

^^^^^ Oh man, I munched my original Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers cassette last week, casting doubt
on the playability of a stack of my old favorites, including 100 + party mix tapes that,
according to the nephew, I should throw away, his cringe meter was maxed…..

Obviously the product of a poor upbringing…..


Rightyo time for a work out, fire up the turntable…..



Ye Olde Vinyl…..

Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar



Frank Zappa

Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More



Frank Zappa

Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar



Frank Zappa

Disc Four…..

Good morning trendsetters and welcome to a serene Sunday morning awaaaaay on out in the valley…..

Up with the birds and a stunning psychedelic sunrise, locally there's a strong wind watch in place,
the distant sky's are bruised and purple, as we speak the valley is as calm as calm can be…..

I wonder what little Ronnie random has teed up for the day…..

I'm trapped in a whirlpool of Zappastalgia…..

Good evening citizens and welcome to a wet and soon to be wild Monday evening awaaaaay on out in the valley…..

Tropical cyclone Gabrielle has flooded parts of the North and, as we speak
is beginning to drench thhti Auckland…..

The surfers are flocking to the east coast…..

Disc Four…..

Good afternoon citizens and welcome to a blustery afternoon awaaaaay on out in the valley…..

Nothing doing at the coalface, sent home a couple of hours early…..

The government have issued a national state of emergency as tropical cyclone Gabrielle continues to march down the island
causing havoc at every turn.

Around 250,000 homes are without power, overnight two homes collapsed in a land slide at the very moment the fire brigade
were inside checking them for flood damage. One fireman was hospitalised they're still searching for a second…..

In the late 70's the valley was flooded from six to eight feet deep throughout, over the years since there's been extensive
flood remediation work carried out, but…..

We are banking on the local topography sending most of the storm down the east coast…..

But, until then…..



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Gray are you staying high and dry...

Yes lads thankfully the cyclone passed us by, we got a little rain and a heavy wind watch….

Locally our main concern is always the mighty Hutt river (Te Awa Kairangi) when it went in the 70's
downtown cave central was six feet under…..

They still have the tide marks on the school flag pole…..

Unfortunately further north the devastation is mind blowing, the death toll is now four and counting.

Towns cut off with roads out bridges gone trees down and massive slips that took out homes on the way through…..Click for Pics


sadly the horse didn't make it…..






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Quote: Originally posted by Eddie RUKidding

Hopefully there is not a third event in NZ, two down one to go!

Our new prime minister is awaiting a plague of locusts…..

Good evening citizens and welcome to a wet 'n' windy Thursday evening awaaaaay on out in the valley…..

More rain throughout the day they're saying 44mm (1.73 inches) had fallen by 3:00pm…..
The little woman checked our rain gauge around 3:30pm, an easy 70mm (2.75 inches)
had fallen in on and around downtown pond central…..

Yes, our seasonal pond has returned, not a duck in sight although the frogs are back, tlw is convinced
their a family and has named them, this will not end well…..

Wanna buy a Mazda?



Enough doom and knee deep, on with the shooooow…..

Unless we have to gooooo a whoa whoa…..



Disc Three…..

Is the Mazda still under warranty

Quote: Originally posted by Eddie RUKidding

Is the Mazda still under warranty

The Mazda warranty is rock solid…..Unless it's an EV (electric vehicle) then unfortunately
the warranty is void and the Mazda is a car no more…..

Quote: Originally posted by Plook

Gray Kat and I followed the link to the flood pictures and we were amazed at the Biblica proportions of the damage, while we had some extreme rain and floods for 3 weeks in California (Nor Cal received 500% of a normal wet winters rain in that period) that damages while severe did not rival what your country got. It could be due to the fact that the central valley especially in the Sacramento are and surrounding counties we are in a flood plain and therefore have incredibly extensive, large , and modernized levee systems to handle the water. But as we all know these can get overwhelmed as good as they are and they did but held up for the most part.

Oh man it's pretty shocking, there's a lot of harrowing stories coming out, the death toll is now 8.

We know most of these devastated places really well, and no longer recognize the television footage
or pictures of many.

It's going to take years for some places to fully recover, if ever.

We have around a dozen folks that we can't contact, but as the power's out taking the phone network
with it in their particular localities, we're hoping for the best.

Our man on the ground, Mr. T is equipped with Joe 90's sat' phone and astride his "adventure" motorcycle
is, as we speak weaving his way up country to check on a couple of the couples…..

Good evening citizens and welcome to what has been a wet and warm Friday awaaaaay on out in the valley…..

The little woman lost her mind and we ate unhealthy tonight, and then…..



Ohhhhh this is bad, really bad…..

A couple of times…..

It was bad, body heaving waterworks sleeping pill rocked/cuddled off tooooo sleeeeep…..

It's the "race towards a early grave" that does it…..

shhhhh, pass me the headphones, my weekend starts now…..

What can I tell ya, I love it, it's, it's a way of life…..

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Good morning earthlings and welcome to a very pleasant Saturday morning awaaaaay on out in the valley…..

Nice and warm, not a cloud in the sky not a lawnmower/weedwacker/chainsaw within earshot,
although the cicadas have made an appearance for the first time this year, which is nice…..

Up with the birds and ready to rock, unlike the wee one who may not be joining us this morning…..

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Good morning earthlings and welcome to a lovely Sunday morning awaaaaay on out in the valley…..

Woke with a hunger, attacked the kitchen, fried up some bacon tomatoes bacon eggs bacon and bacon,
disposed of the evidence in the usual way, finishing up with a bowl of cereal and a long cool glass of v̶o̶d̶k̶a̶ tropical orange…..

That's right it's still Forget the Booze February…..


Here's one for Philo’ and not so little Mal’…..

Good evening citizens and welcome to a wonderfully warm Monday awaaaaay on out in the valley…..
Tough old day at the coalface, a little late to the sofa but here we are…..

Disc Six…..

Good evening citizens and welcome to a hot 'n' gray Tuesday evening awaaaaay on out in the valley…..

We heard from our man on the ground Mr. T this morning, It took him the best part of two days to zig zag his way up from the hell hole
(that is Auckland) to the far North settlement of Mangōnui, then another day getting across to Mitimiti (so nice they named 'er twice)
the folks are all okay, which is a huge relief…..
Next stop Pukenui…..

Until then…..

Waka/Wazoo



Frank Zappa

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Got mine Saturday have not spun it yet I want to devote the proper amount of time to it, but your analysis would be much welcomed Gray...

^^^^^ I don't want to give too much away, however Waka/Wazoo is right up there with the best of the best…..
I knew it was going to be good, but I was genuinely shocked at just how good…..:forumsmiley10:^^^^^


Good evening citizens and welcome to a muggy Wednesday evening awaaaaay on out in the valley…..

Yet another commute from hell, for no apparent reason.
Stuck behind a Christian motorist that let so many lane hoppers in, I swear we were going backwards…..

Three hours later I'm fully reclined on the recliner, basking in the glow of the red bulb lava lamp combo, preparing to freak out tooooo…..

Good evening citizens and welcome to a wet 'n' warm Thursday night awaaaaay on out in the valley…..

Click here for the cyclone Gabrielle story to go with the photos below…..







And away we go with an old one…..

Disc One…..

Good evening citizens and welcome to a wetish
warmish Friday eve away on out in the valley…..

More bad news for the saturated North of the North island and East coast,
as we speak there is an orange heavy rain warning in place,
and a band of thunder storms carrying a lot of rain is raking across most of the wrecked areas once again.
There have been a large number of preemptive evacuations, with civil defense already activated throughout the land
coordinating the clean-up.

The death toll is 11, with the number of missing/uncontactable now down to around 25…..

And with that, our weekend starts now…..




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Good morning people of earth and welcome to a gray old Saturday morning away on out in the valley…..

I'm feeling very Dance Me This this morning…..

Wednesday night Kat and I did some song samplings from the Waka/Wazoo we sampled songs from all 4 disc Kat really likes Frank's Jazz and especially liked the Live stuff she found Chunga's Revenge especially amazing...we ended up spending at least 2 1/2 hours on it...Excellent in IMHO...

^^^^^ Excellent! We've been dancing a little more than usual, thanks to Waka/Wazoo…..^^^^^



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Little Dots



Frank Zappa