Anything noteworthy happen to you today?

… I've tried a few of the new artists online but haven't been too inspired so far. I need to dig deeper.

Same here. Steve Vai is an amazing guitarist, but his original music does nothing for me. It’s the same with Mike Keneally. I keep trying all sorts of stuff out and ending up disappointed. Recently I tried Chato Segerer, his first two albums are interesting and I’ve just bought them. You can sample his music on Bandcamp. He’s sometimes a bit too Zappaesque, but mostly his original stuff is not bad and his band are no slouches.

Eddie RUKidding - 20-2-2024 at 20:37

Same mostly with Steve Via for me, although I do like his passion and warfare CD

BBP - 20-2-2024 at 20:56

I think I like Steve Vai's original music that I know better than that of several other alumni but it's still not material I play often. At the moment I struggle to find time to play anything. In a month Dir en Grey plays Berlin and I had promised myself to learn the lyrics to Vinushka by heart (considering I listened to that song daily for over 10 years I thought it would be manageable) but I can't even find the time to play it anymore.

What do I play now? Carnaval music, the kind that no-one seeks out voluntarily without being under the influence of the golden hop goddess. Huub Hangop's Padellen, Lange Frans' Politie and other things you'd avoid like a pile of puke on the road.

Eddie RUKidding - 20-2-2024 at 21:24

Just playing Broderick Smith Singing Ocean Deep (Andrew Durant) here- a real tear jerker, considering Brod past not long ago and this was Andys last song he wrote in 1980 before dying from cancer at 25 - what a loss to Oz and music in general- sad stuff and a great song. (this is not to be confused with the horid Cliff Richard song which came much later)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irehic8MKxQ

Eddie RUKidding - 20-2-2024 at 22:16

I'm listening to To Passion and Warfare- just got to the Audience is listening - cracks me up every time lol
I'm in a bad place at the moment with the bogan neighbor still driving me and Mrs Eddie crazy but music keeps us sane - just.

I started writing songs at 16, started guitar at 12 being taught by a classical guitar player in Horsham, and old lady called Mrs Fusher lol and she drove and old mk iv Jag lol still makes me laugh. My parents both played piano and dad is a Jazz pianist and of course they wanted me to play piano but Peter Green and Zappa had me hooked on Guitar from and early age - first heard Zappa on ABC Classic FM in the early 80's and I was hooked for life on Zappa. Like Varese by 30 I had destroyed all my written copies of my earlier songs- only realised that Varese had done this to his early music much later lol. Still play one or two of my early stuff from memory - sometimes one is a take on the Hippy rift (and Daddy Cool Stuff), there again only got the joke after listening to Zappa lol
My signature piece which I have posted on here is really a finger picked steel string aucostic piece called Sunshine on a distant moon which I bastardised on the electric guitar and posted to Kompoz and get some US women to do weird vocals on :biggrin: My Zappa tribute lol

PS I ca not see the cursor on the posts to edit them properly

polydigm - 21-2-2024 at 05:11

Just playing Broderick Smith Singing Ocean Deep …

Not my kind of music. He reminds me a lot of Johnny Farnham (also not my kind of music).

polydigm - 21-2-2024 at 05:15

My signature piece which I have posted on here is really a finger picked steel string aucostic piece called Sunshine on a distant moon …

Where?

Eddie RUKidding - 21-2-2024 at 06:01

At Kompoz.com under EddieRUkidding

try this link

https://www.kompoz.com/studio/collaboration/696455

Eddie RUKidding - 21-2-2024 at 20:58

Latest on my crazy neighbour issue - Coppers still have not acted on the oil spill issue or contacted us about the break in I had to ring them only to be told the copper involved is on 3 days leave.......... also I tried to engage a lawyer to write a cease and desist letter to Bogan Rachel neighbour, finally found a lawyer in Echuca who said she would do it, send here the info - same as I sent IBAC the police integrity unit in Melbourne(who are doing something) and she said she need $2000K up front, so I paid her direct to their account, then she rings back and says its too much/ hard to deal with and is going to pay me the $2k back- when have you heard of a Lawyer paying money back- I told her this is crazy and I will be looking to use my situation as the basis for "The Castle II movie" lol this is just nuts. PPS I'll write the letter myself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlfxX98vsY0

BBP - 21-2-2024 at 21:18

A lawyer pays you back? Wow!

Eddie RUKidding - 21-2-2024 at 21:30

Yep thats what I thought too- hence my "The Castle" jib back at her

Rachel is scary and has scared most of our neighbours into keeping quiet. Only Marnie next foor to us in her 80's complained to Council about the noise- and Don (name Don Magic no kidding and ex QLD Copper detective partner and ex horse trainer- I don't rust him at all) threatened to split up from her for contacting council....................

Plook - 22-2-2024 at 02:35

As the Kiwi Turns... :lol:

Eddie RUKidding - 22-2-2024 at 22:28

I just got the IBAC police overview body case number - progress I hope

Plook - 22-2-2024 at 23:23

Step 33 completed... :lol:

Henry - 23-2-2024 at 09:29

Quote: Originally posted by polydigm

… I've tried a few of the new artists online but haven't been too inspired so far. I need to dig deeper.

I liked Chato! having tried 3 way on the freeway and Chicksy Dix. They are indeed good players. I've added them to my list.

I've been following the electric bassist from India, Mohini Dey. She has recently released her debut album as leader on bandcamp. I'm holding off because there's no physical option, but she provides a variety of sounds from within a jazz rock Indian fusion base.

Henry - 23-2-2024 at 09:40

That is such a nightmare Eddie. As I get older I find that minor confrontations play on my mind much more than previously. This all sounds very stressful for you and Mrs Eddie and the authorities have really let you down. No doubt they are winding up the police service in Aus like they are in the UK.

Eddie RUKidding - 23-2-2024 at 21:58

Thanks Guys has been very stressful, but I think the tide is turning against the bastard neighbours, will get my home insurer next to hit them over the drivewaym even after cleaning is nasty stain

for retail therapy I brought a Taylor Big Bay acoustic guitar, takes me back up to 7 guitars - I used to have 14 until my sons got hold of 8 of them lol. I had to explain to Mrs Eddie what a bargain it was at $800 buck on sales at Deringers in Adelaide lol

Plook - 24-2-2024 at 01:26

If you need help with the bastards I know a guy...

Eddie RUKidding - 24-2-2024 at 11:33

Thanks Plook, is Arnie available:biggrin:

Plook - 24-2-2024 at 18:41

I was thinking of Luca Brasi... :cool:

Eddie RUKidding - 24-2-2024 at 21:10

He do, can he arrange an exon valdez type occurrence next door :bald:

PS its Mrs Eddies birthday here Sunday (67 and can get the pension :swear::swear::swear: )

Plook - 25-2-2024 at 02:31

Tell her I said Happy Birthday...

polydigm - 25-2-2024 at 13:28

I’ve been pension age for a year and a half now, but they give me nothing because my wife still works.

Eddie RUKidding - 25-2-2024 at 21:41

we might have the same problem, as I am working 12-15 hours a week- might just sneak in

BBP - 26-2-2024 at 20:34

Aw guys, sorry to hear all that... back here we have or had the regulation that a spouse could retire at 60 if partner was 65, but now retirement age is 67 and a bit, and I probably won't make it to retirement myself unless I lay off the cocoa.

It's a bit of a trying time for me, been having health issues I won't go into in this all-male set-up.

Plook - 27-2-2024 at 02:05

For how screwed up the US is you or your spouse can independently retire at any time, for once something... :lol:

Henry - 27-2-2024 at 10:13

In the UK you can access your private pension pot at 55. I did that, retiring at the same time. 67 is also the age of accessing the state pension in Blighty. However only half of the men in three generations of the Henry family made it to 70 so I'm not sure that I'll benefit from it. Also the amount is very low. I'm going to get £9,000 per year. There is no longer an earnings related element to it.

Henry - 27-2-2024 at 10:26

Sorry to hear that you are not in good health Bonny. Is cocoa a euphemism for anything toxic or was that just a joke?

Henry - 27-2-2024 at 10:29

By the by, the pension payments are not means tested in the UK, either on one's own financial circumstances or one's spouse. There is however a top up available of £1-2,000 which is means tested. But that rule in Aus is unnecessarily mean.

BBP - 27-2-2024 at 20:48

No I'm a terrible chocoholic, can't get enough of the brown stuff.

Dad's recovering though, he had a X-ray taken and the bone was healed, he can get out of the sling.

Had quite an adventure this morning. Had a bit of a rough night and heard my father calling me from downstairs at 6:30, the time I had to get up - because there was a power failure in the neighborhood. Tried to get dressed, went down, discovered cell phone torches give a lot of light. Made tea the old-fashioned way, in a pan of water, dressed my dad for his hospital appointment and had to skip breakfast - but I made it to work on time. Still need to set the alarm clock to the correct time.

Eddie RUKidding - 27-2-2024 at 23:55

Mrs Eddie is doing here her pension application but can't find her tax file number lol

PS I've turned up the Brightness on the new laptop and I can see again :drool:

Henry - 28-2-2024 at 14:31

Ah yes, chocolate. I don't have an off switch for chocolate or anything else high in sugar (or flour) but bars with >=85% cocoa solids work well for me. A square or two and I'm done.

It is good that your father is recovering well.

BBP - 28-2-2024 at 21:20

I wake my chocolate in many degrees of percentages and many types of special flavours, I'd tell you more but I already downed a box today and I need to stop that, so...

Will be visiting BF tomorrow again for a few days, hurray! Taking a bit down time from caring for Dad. He can do more though, he can already do most of his dressing.

Plook - 29-2-2024 at 00:31

That is good news about your dad Bonny, and chocolate calls out to me also... :cool:

Henry - 29-2-2024 at 10:35

I used to have short working trips to Belgium and bring back chocolate as gifts. That was the best I have had and I became popular with the recipients of the boxes.

Over on the Maverick HiFi forum Eddie, as PC Hobbs, I think I am about to get banned after my contributions to the General Election thread. I've ripped into New Labour voters and, as we know, that accounts for most of them.

Henry - 29-2-2024 at 11:30

And now in the 2 channel forum I've asked them if I need 2 subwoofers. Apparently I do!

Eddie RUKidding - 29-2-2024 at 20:02

LOL I'll have a look - did you see my post about Trump and the AUKUS agreement :devil:
Maybe too many woofers lol
https://www.maverick-hifi.com/post/uk-preparation-if-trump-r...
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At least the stupid AUKUS agreement would end under Trump- but not a good way to stop it 😉

AUKUS (/ˈɔːkəs/ AW-kəs), also styled as Aukus, is a trilateral security partnership for the Indo-Pacific region between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Announced on 15 September 2021,[1][2] the partnership involves the US and the UK assisting Australia in acquiring nuclear-powered submarines.[3] The partnership also includes cooperation on advanced cyber mechanisms, artificial intelligence and autonomy, quantum technologies, undersea capabilities, hypersonic and counter-hypersonic, electronic warfare, innovation and information sharing.[3][4] The partnership will focus on military capability, distinguishing it from the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance that also includes New Zealand and Canada.[5]
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Henry - 29-2-2024 at 20:58

LOL I'll have a look - did you see my post about Trump and the AUKUS agreement :devil:
Maybe too many woofers lol
https://www.maverick-hifi.com/post/uk-preparation-if-trump-r...
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At least the stupid AUKUS agreement would end under Trump- but not a good way to stop it 😉

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Nice one, some good news about the potential election of Trump. That was a curve ball which none of them can play!

Eddie RUKidding - 1-3-2024 at 01:22

Well I think like it or not The Orange one will get back in :mad:

Henry - 1-3-2024 at 02:54

Well I think like it or not The Orange one will get back in :mad:

If he does they might not get him out until he pegs it. He'll last longer than a John Edrich last stand.

Henry - 1-3-2024 at 02:57

Hey I've been promoted to a Hot Rat!

:swear::guitar::forumsmiley1057::forumsmiley1057::forumsmiley1057::guitar::guitar:

Eddie RUKidding - 2-3-2024 at 00:41

Well I think like it or not The Orange one will get back in :mad:

If he does they might not get him out until he pegs it. He'll last longer than a John Edrich last stand.

Or Colin Cowdery

polydigm - 3-3-2024 at 04:16

... I've ripped into New Labour voters and, as we know, that accounts for most of them.

Before I get the wrong end of the stick: One could trash the ideas of New Labor from either end of the spectrum. Do you mind me asking from which direction your criticism comes? I'll go first: New Labor sucks, but I'd sooner cut my own right hand off than put Tories anywhere on a voting slip other than at the bottom.

BBP - 3-3-2024 at 14:36

Back from BFs. We had to cut our Sunday together a bit short as he'd agreed to meet with friends to go to see Dune 2 - as a result of which BF and I watched Dune 1 together.

I'm not a scifi person but I understand a ton of references now.

Henry - 4-3-2024 at 11:44

Quote: Originally posted by polydigm

http://www.orthogonal.com.au/computers/history/

... I've ripped into New Labour voters and, as we know, that accounts for most of them.

I'm on the left. I tend to have more issue with New Labour types than the Tories because they tend to virtue signal and hide behind political correctness and identity politics but are really little different in substance from those who declare themselves as right wing. It seems to be similar with Americans who describe themselves as 'liberals'.

Eddie RUKidding - 5-3-2024 at 00:05

Was playing "You Are What You Is" LP to the bastard neigbours over the weekend- has to go back and mow lawns tied etc for up coming open house- they were playing their usual mix of gansta rap and C&W lol- last time I played them Zappa ring of fire- don;t think that went down well :mad:

Plook - 5-3-2024 at 00:29

Eddie give them the complete Thing Fish album next time, that will teach them... :lol:

Eddie RUKidding - 5-3-2024 at 01:03

Good thinking but I've only got it on Vinyl and can only play CD's back in Cohuna . Maybe 200 Motels the Opera version ESA Pekka Salonen, I'm sure they are ready for it after YAWYI :biggrin:

Henry - 5-3-2024 at 01:34

Have you tried an opera soprano on full bore?

Eddie RUKidding - 5-3-2024 at 01:46

Have done some previously using Mrs Eddies CD's :devil:

BBP - 5-3-2024 at 21:37

Nice ging, I fully intend to do the same with our beyond noisy neighbors with my Varèse collection.

Eddie RUKidding - 5-3-2024 at 22:23

LIke your think, I have one Varese CD will give them a taste of ionisation next time....:biggrin:

Eddie RUKidding - 7-3-2024 at 00:50

I finally got around to fixing the small rust holes in hte Hillman Hunter Safari wagon- its only taken me 10 years to get around to it lol

Plook - 7-3-2024 at 16:17

Your project list must be like mine, with a substantial backlog... :lol:

BBP - 7-3-2024 at 21:33

The only thing better than Friday is a weekend starting on Thursday.

TGIT!!

Eddie RUKidding - 7-3-2024 at 22:25

Quote: Originally posted by Plook

Your project list must be like mine, with a substantial backlog... :lol:

Yep and thats just my list, I try to avoid Mrs Eddies list of things for my to do :guitar2:

I aim to make everyday a weekend day ;}

Plook - 8-3-2024 at 17:57

Help I’m a Rock.

I was having a conversation with someone and I brought up an article I read, I know how resourceful you all are and I was going to ask for some assistance locating what I believe was something I read at least 20 years ago but could have been 30 years ago.

It dealt with the belief that the Beatles chief competition in the 60's was the Rolling Stones, while we all know there was a back and forth between these bands in their releases. The author posited a different theory that made me raise an eyebrow that in fact the Beatles rival in musical advances was the Beach Boys.

As I read on in began to make more and more sense as the writer compared various contemporaneous albums and songs of these great bands through the years.

The author points out as you listen to these bands’ releases over the years the battle was ever increasing layers of harmonies and vocals as well as more intricate cord changes while adding multiple instruments to create the familiar orchestral baroque pop of these bands as they advance into far more complex works.

I briefly tried to find this story and could not, but I know I read it long before the internet became the thing in some publication.

Any assistance would be appreciated, thank you all.

Eddie RUKidding - 8-3-2024 at 21:22

Don't know of the article but the Beatle did see the Beach Boys as their competitor (or at least Brian Wilson), with Pet Sounds being the litmus test for St Pepper

A quick search on B(G)oggle finds this
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/pet-sounds-vs-sgt-peppers-vs-s...

The Beatles were listening closely to The Beach Boys when they wrote Rubber Soul, and Brian Wilson was listening right back. “Rubber Soul is probably the greatest record ever,” Brian wrote in his memoir I Am Brian Wilson. “[It] came out in December of 1965 and sent me right to the piano bench,” he said. “It wasn’t just the lyrics and the melodies but the production and their harmonies… [it was] almost art music.” The song that came out when Brian went to his piano and tried to top Rubber Soul? “God Only Knows,” which Paul McCartney later called his favorite song of all time.

“God Only Knows” is indeed one of the greatest songs of all time, but Brian wasn’t content to stop there. He wanted to make a grand, album-length statement just like The Beatles did, and that statement was Pet Sounds. Brian was fully in the director’s chair, handling songwriting, production, arrangements, and the bulk of the lead vocals (with lyrical co-writing by Tony Asher), and the result was a deeply personal, psychedelic, baroque pop album that pushed the boundaries of pop music further than he or anyone else had yet. There’s not an ounce of filler, and — with the help of over 40 session musicians — it was some of the most intricately arranged pop music that anyone in 1966 would have heard.

Among those listening? The Beatles of course. The influence of Pet Sounds would fully reveal itself on 1967’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, but it already crept into The Beatles music on 1966’s Revolver; “Here, There and Everywhere,” which was one of the last songs Paul wrote for Revolver, was said to be directly inspired by Pet Sounds. Like Brian Wilson, The Beatles and producer George Martin were growing increasingly interested in string and horn arrangements on Revolver, which showed on the definitive baroque pop of “Eleanor Rigby,” the french horn solo on “For No One,” and the horn section on “Got To Get You Into My Life.” The band and engineer Geoff Emerick were also learning to use the studio as an instrument, coming out with the backwards guitars of the psych-folk gem “I’m Only Sleeping” and the deeply psychedelic “Tomorrow Never Knows.” George Harrison was even more into Indian music during the Revolver sessions than he was when making Rubber Soul, as heard on “Love You To,” which didn’t just use sitar but dove head-first into Indian classical music. The influence of LSD was prevalent all throughout Revolver (and non-album singles “Paperback Writer” and “Rain”). It was the most overtly trippy music that either The Beach Boys or The Beatles had released yet.

Eddie RUKidding - 8-3-2024 at 21:33

PS my Hotmail email account is blocked by some scam bot or something has been trying to hack my johnharriscivil@hotmail.com account and it seems that it is frozen out for good- I have been trying to reset it for a week now- talking to my IT son he says the hotmail is no longer supported by microsoft and its days are numbered

Is a pain as I have many thing linked to that email and I have had it for years- but looks like I have to get a gmail damn damn damn :freak:

Eddie RUKidding - 8-3-2024 at 23:19

Yeah, I managed to recover my hotmail using Mrs Eddies, was dangerous (she was not happy) as had to reset Mrs Eddies as well.
She said "just write down my new password lol

Plook - 9-3-2024 at 00:16

Great article find concerning Beatles/Beach Boys.

BTW - When getting my resume together my older daughter and sister said nix the Hotmail so I added a Gmail account, I believe I have six because I had to have one each time I got a new phone (every two years since 2011 for work) and I never kept track of them.

I fortunately was able to log into the last one because I figured out the password but I did leave my Hotmail on there also, because like you Eddie it is woven into my fabric of internet access.

Eddie RUKidding - 9-3-2024 at 00:42

Yes nice article- I have book "A Day in the Life" which is a good Beatle read and goes into the Beach Boys thing

Yep I hate emails and the internet in general - it used to be a nice place a long long time ago............

Plook - 9-3-2024 at 00:55

Yes, On computers a long long time ago, on an internet far far away... :lol:

Eddie RUKidding - 9-3-2024 at 01:02

Yep I date from the time of Bulletin boards and dial up lol

even used punch cards at Uni at RMIT on a thing called the Cyber mainframe in Fortran :biggrin:

Plook - 9-3-2024 at 17:08

DZ announced he is announcing... :lol:

...next week a 30 city US tour ROX(POSTROPH)Y playing selections from the Roxy and Apostrophe albums...:guitar2:

Eddie RUKidding - 9-3-2024 at 20:25

Good to hear Plook, will you be going?

BBP - 9-3-2024 at 21:15

Fixed a flat tire today. This is like my second flat tire in one week. Same wheel too - except the first time I brought it in to be repaired.

Pffffffffffffff

Plook - 9-3-2024 at 21:53

Fixed a flat tire today. This is like my second flat tire in one week. Same wheel too - except the first time I brought it in to be repaired.

Pffffffffffffff

I joined DZ site long ago so I will have access to pre-order Tuesday hopefully they come to Sacramento but San Francisco will work for me.

Plook - 9-3-2024 at 21:54

Fixed a flat tire today. This is like my second flat tire in one week. Same wheel too - except the first time I brought it in to be repaired.

Pffffffffffffff

Good job Bonny, I taught my girls how to change a tire when I taught them to drive.

polydigm - 10-3-2024 at 01:37

Just so as they wouldn’t call you up when they got a flat?

Plook - 10-3-2024 at 13:34

Poly LOL... :lol:

...I never thought of it that way, maybe it was a subconscious motive.

My oldest daughter and Kel (Like my daughter) had to call me once when they got a flat (Blow out actually).

Where they pulled over it was a busy highway with a ditch on the other side (pre cell phone so they must have walked to a pay phone). By the time I got there a man had seen their predicament and helped them pull off the road and changed the tire for them.

It was about 40 minutes from the house, super dangerous two lane road people drive 70 mph on it, was an intense location, surprised she landed the thing ok it was a front end blow-out.

BBP - 10-3-2024 at 14:02

Quote: Originally posted by Plook

Fixed a flat tire today. This is like my second flat tire in one week. Same wheel too - except the first time I brought it in to be repaired.

Pffffffffffffff

Good job Bonny, I taught my girls how to change a tire when I taught them to drive.

Just so you know it's my bicycle tire. I still don't drive (and really shouldn't).

Henry - 10-3-2024 at 15:53

I wrote a reply earlier about puncture fairies and fitting car tyres with tyre levers but it has disappeared into the ether, never to be seen by the world. Never mind, it wasn't that interesting.

Eddie RUKidding - 10-3-2024 at 21:29

I have not had a flat for at least 20 years - touch wood. I think people tend to replace their tyres (tires for US folk) more often than in older times.

PS Henry, Klassik asks if you can check your emails

Plook - 12-3-2024 at 01:02

I had a blow-out on the first trip to So Cal with Kat after I met her in 2018, we were coming back and on the I5 crossing the Grapevine early in the morning right after sunrise doing about 80mph the road was 5 lanes I was in the middle and there were cars around us.

I saw some metal debris checked my mirror and moved to the number 2 lane but there was more debris I tried to straddle it making my way back to the left but I didn't want to over compensate at that speed and roll the car.

I piece caught the inside of my left rear and it blew, I had already stepped out of the gas but we were on a downhill; grade so we had some momentum. I just fought the wheel kept her under control and made it to the side of the road.

Kat gave me some props for pulling that off, just thank god it wasn't a front end wheel, I have been to that rodeo before and its a crap shoot.

Eddie RUKidding - 12-3-2024 at 04:23

That was a close call Plook and at 80MPM, here if caught 30KPH over the posted limit you loose your licence - max legal speed here is 110KPH(68MPH), except in the Northern Territory where its 130KPH but there is no one to caught you there anyway :drool:

Plook - 12-3-2024 at 14:30

It is 70 mph here on certain long stretched of road and California has an unofficial rule that you can exceed the speed limit by 10 mph... :lol:

Eddie RUKidding - 12-3-2024 at 20:20

They are certainly much mor e relaxed about speed in SoCal, here in SA most highways are 68MPH but you can only crib about 3MPH before the cops get nasty and in the eastern states- VIC, NSW its most 60MPH max with no over limit tolerance and speed cameras everywhere - good revenue raiser :drool:

BBP - 12-3-2024 at 21:13

My contract as customer service agent at Prijsvrij got extended, so I guess it wasn't a bad day - except I got next to no sleep.

Have a Bossche Bol. My treat.

Eddie RUKidding - 12-3-2024 at 21:58

Good news Bonny, except for the sleep :bald:

Plook - 13-3-2024 at 01:14

Good to hear Bonny!

Plook - 13-3-2024 at 01:19

DZ is playing San Francisco in August, the band is; Scheila Gonzalez (saxophone, flute, keyboards, harmonica, vocals), Kurt Morgan (bass, vocals) and Ryan Brown (drums, percussion, vocals) and two new members guitarist Zach Tabori and keyboardist Bobby Victor...Its a tricky date for me schedule wise but I can't miss this if at all possible it has been over 4 years...:freak:

Eddie RUKidding - 13-3-2024 at 01:28

Nice, would love to see it too. i saw DZ with Steve Vai in Brisbane in 2009.

BBP - 13-3-2024 at 21:02

Wow, is Scheila still with him? She's a wizard.

polydigm - 14-3-2024 at 01:24

Trombone was a big part of that era's sound. I'm also not sure I like his mash up idea.

BBP - 16-3-2024 at 16:28

In one notable case of brain fart, I left the cheese I bought at the office. Went there to get it. It's 0 min cycling, then 20 mins train and 7 minutes walk there so I did some shopping in 's-Hertogenbosch as well. Very nice town.

Plook - 16-3-2024 at 19:34

Bonny the whole area you live in is one of the most picturesque and awesome places in the world, but man that long winter is a show stopper for me, I can barely get through our winter... :lol:

BBP - 17-3-2024 at 00:10

Long winter? What do you mean? We had maybe one day or two with a little bit of snow this winter season and it's currently unseasonably warm.

Henry - 17-3-2024 at 12:23

Another suspicious whistleblower event, this time in the States.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68534703

Eddie RUKidding - 17-3-2024 at 21:54

At least its not Postman Pat going to Jail again :duh:

BBP - 18-3-2024 at 11:20

Took Dad to see Gruppo Sportivo live to their tour stop in 's-Hertogenbosch, giving me extra mileage out of my train suscription and a lot of earworms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHBBApBHbnU

Total respect for the band, playing perfectly fine and having 3 shows a week planned - frontman is 76 years old, the drummer, keyboard player and of course the fantastic Bombitas are in roughly the same age category. Tour is called "Let's age on stage".

Here's part of the show at a different location, showing off the showwomanship of the Bombitas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp1lxS5mjnM

Henry - 18-3-2024 at 14:45

It is good when the musicians can keep performing well into old age.

Sadly the bands that I liked back in the day didn't sound good after about 1980. Half of the members are dead now.

BBP - 20-3-2024 at 20:37

Here's Gruppo's song Henri for you:
https://youtu.be/g35OHvaSks4

polydigm - 22-3-2024 at 02:33

It is good when the musicians can keep performing well into old age.

Enough of the old age thing. I'm 68 and just getting started. I swim a kilometre 3 times a week to stay fit and have a diet that is mostly pretty healthy. Fanaticism with diet is boring and unnecessary, you can make enough adjustments to keep healthy, without sacrificing the pleasure.

The truth is, and always has been, that youth is wasted on the young. When you're young, it's still important to keep fit and eat well, it's just easier to get away with not doing that.

(Walks out the door straight under a bus)

Henry - 23-3-2024 at 11:21

Here's Gruppo's song Henri for you:
https://youtu.be/g35OHvaSks4

That sounds like quite sophisticated seventies pop and a fine song title to boot. I recall the band's name from way back so they must have had some UK sucess at some point. I'm more familiar with Focus in terms of NL bands though.

BBP - 23-3-2024 at 12:11

Yeahg their big hits were Beep Beep Love and Hey Girl.

Off to prepare for my Holiday In Berlin.

Henry - 23-3-2024 at 13:51

Quote: Originally posted by polydigm