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At the Hotel Prins Hendrik in Amsterdam:

I wish this had resulted in a full-blown, ongoing Japan reunion. np: Cowboy Junkies - Songs of the Recollection

Well, I like it when I listen to it, but after it's over there's not much I recall musically. A few bits and pieces recall earlier SW music, even a little earlier PT. It's pleasant enough, and better than the last one (Harmony Codex) IMO. I've probably spun it 5-6 times now since it came out, maybe it will grow on me more over time. I'm still more a PT fan than a SW fan, though I'll always give him credit for exploring and not sitting still.

Steven Wilson - The Overview

We called it Pennsyltucky when we lived outside of Philly. Outside of the Philly & Pitt areas it's really a very large rural state. One thing I'll say about the Amish in Lancaster area is that they have terrible puppy mills. They don't consider dogs to have souls, and they overbreed them in terrible conditions, and sell them to the "English" as they call the rest of Americans. So for a group of people that don't interact with the outside world, they eagerly sell unhealthy puppies to them, for profit. Most of these puppies have health issues as they grow up, and have shorter lifespans than typical dogs. https://woundedpawproject.org/the-amish-community-and-puppy-mills/

Caught The Bad Plus last night in Phoenix. It was a fine show, mostly stuff from their most recent album, Complex Emotions. I was more familiar with the music from their 3-man lineup with Ethan Iverson, but after he (and later Orrin Evans) left, they added Chris Speed on reeds and Ben Monder on guitar. I was familiar with Monder's older albums, but was curious to see him in a group like this, and he didn't disappoint. Speed is a remarkable sax (and clarinet) player. I'll have to check out further work of his.

Icehouse - The Berlin Tapes

Sunset, 17 Mar 2025

I still post here occasionally, but it's mostly in the "what rock are you listening to" and the photo threads. I got tired of being agitated by a few others here, some of whom are still here and some who seem to have moved on. I'm sure I did my share of agitating others as well. But many of the people here that I have truly enjoyed engaging with have become Facebook friends, and the interactions have continued there. And many of those I've ended up meeting in person over the years. I'm happy about that most of all.

I believe the movie was named "Heavy Metal" because it was based on the comic magazine of the same name that was popular in those days - not because they intended to use heavy metal music as the soundtrack. The comic featured short stories/vignettes that were generally unrelated but often were sci-fi or fantasy related, and usually PG or maybe R rated on occasion. The movie did essentially the same thing, but connected the stories. So they used current or established rock musicians for the most part. Although Riggs and Trust were bands I wasn't aware of prior to the movie's release. As a side note, Jerry Riggs, the main guy from Riggs, is a guitar player in 38 Special now, and they play "Radar Rider" as a spotlight track for him.

Nick Cave - Idiot Prayer

You're pretty much spot-on. Per Wikipedia: "Blue Öyster Cult wrote and recorded a song called "Vengeance (The Pact)" for the film, but the producers declined to use the song because the lyrics provided a capsulized summary of the "Taarna" vignette. "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" was used instead." Re-reading the lyrics for Vengeance, it does essentially tell the story of Taarna, so I guess it makes sense that it wouldn't have been included.

That's a very good late BOC album there, I fully agree. I got to chat with Eric Bloom briefly about it back in January. I think "The Alchemist" is his standout moment on the album. np: Zabriskie Point Soundtrack 2 cd edition Useless trivia - the house that was blown up at the end of the film is about a mile from my house here in AZ. (the house used in the movie wasn't actually blown up, but a full size model was. The model's location atop a rocky outcrop is also about 2 miles from my house). That house today:

Chris Squire - Fish out of Water

Cheers! ...I re-read this thread, and clicked the "wayback machine" link to look at some of the old BNBB threads. A fascinating glimpse into some of our old comments from 23 years ago. And a whole forum just for the RVG series too!

Carolina Chocolate Drops - Dona Got a Ramblin' Mind

Both fine albums there, Buzzz. np: North Atlantic Oscillation - Grind Show

It's a very good album IMO - part of a trilogy of sorts alongside Fripp's Exposure and Peter Gabriel's second album (aka "Scratch"). I'm not the biggest Hall fan around, though I do think he has a fine voice.

Daryl Hall - Sacred Songs

It was a "bonus album" that came with some versions of their album Variations on a Dream. It's really more a Bruce Soord solo album than a full band album. A good listen.

The Pineapple Thief - 8 Days

Mike Flanigin - The Drifter ...great album by a former board member here.

Snoopy Rock in Sedona, 14 Feb 2025

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

It has the exact same setlist as the show I saw, so it must've been 2.5 as well lol. I think if they had continued the band and touring, they'd probably cut back the number of tracks from the C/C album, and maybe replace them with other older songs. But I'm guessing the show would still be roughly the same length. On the other hand, I saw them twice in 2009-10 (Houston & Philly), and they played the full Incident album that time, just like the full C/C album in '22. So who knows.