Sunday, July 26, 2009

When will George Lucas stop fisting me...??? An open letter to all...

Found this customer review for Star Wars BluRay on Amazon, and it's probably the best essay I've ever seen on an item. :-)

When will George Lucas stop fisting me...??? An open letter to all..., February 19, 2009

By JONATHAN MANKUTA (Hollywood, CA United States) - See all my reviews
All I want in life is one simple thing:
The original Star Wars trilogy as seen in it's original theatrical release, in the best possible format technology will allow: BLU-RAY. That's it.

That means:

1- Take the original three films (SW, Empire, Jedi), do NOT change the story at all...don't add in new footage, cut old footage, change any story elements...don't make Greedo shoot first, Luke scream, Yoda dress in drag, Threepio with a gold metal boner, Jawas dancing around a campfire as they cook s'mores, Wampa enhancements, CGI-ing a Colt-45 bottle into Lando's hand, putting Jabba's fat sister in the same sexy outfit as Slave Leia, or ANYTHING other than what folks actually saw in the theatres the first time the films were released...

2- Take as clean-image print of the original films you can find and transfer it over to 1080P.

3- Take the sound and adjust it over to as high-def a format as you can without adding anything new, altering anything, etc, just mix it to sound as good as your studios can possibly get it to sound in my home theatre...ah ah ah...George...I see you starting to add new Ewok songs...stop right there and just do as I say...

4- Now add an extra disk in each package for bonus features such as "making of" documentary, director and actor's commentary, special effects features, and all the other material we buy on dvds from bootleggers at Comic-Con because you don't release them officially...

5- Release them NOW...not when my great grandchildren are having great grandchildren...I know you plan to release a different variation of the original Star Wars trilogy every 2 years and STILL never want to give the fans what they actually want (see #1-4 above), and plan to use your special effects team to turn your aging human body into a cyborg-hybrid-clone so you can live for 200 years or more all while you pull the same cruel tease to your fans every 2 years...but just this once George...JUST...THIS...ONCE...remove your fist from my rectum (is my prostate okay?), and do the right thing...give the fans the ONE version of the trilogy that they want to buy...

...and if you do this for us, we'll cancel our plans for the geek-raid on Skywalker Ranch in Star Wars costumes that we have planned...and we're not going to bathe before the raid George...just imagine...500,000 pimple-faced-overweight-unbathed nerds walking around your property in stormtrooper armor and ewok suits...it'll be just like Comic-Con...

So please do the right thing for us just this once George...the fans will thank you, Amazon will thank you, and in one fell swoop, you'll be helping the nation's sagging economy with a sudden massive influx of consumer cash that will suddenly be spent...Obama will thank you too...

thanks,
JONATHAN MANKUTA (TV/Film actor, voiceover artist, producer, comic geek)

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Saturday, July 25, 2009

Porcupine Tree - Meantime

Just listened to this, and I gotta say that not only is it cheerful sounding (while actually being about as cheerful as Drown With Me), but it sounds nothing like Porcupine Tree. It's more of a Steven Wilson acoustic piece. I would have never been able to guess what sessions this was from.
That being said...I love it!


Porcupine Tree - Meantime

Deemed too cheerful by half to take its place on the otherwise dark In Absentia album, this track was later pitched (unsuccessfully) to film production companies. Written by SW, and recorded at Avatar Studios, New York during the IA album sessions.

This download is available as a FLAC download only.

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Monday, July 20, 2009

STEVEN WILSON (PORCUPINE TREE) TALKS ABOUT 'TIME FLIES' - Roadrunner Records UK


PORCUPINE TREE are currently working on the first video from their upcoming album THE INCIDENT with director Lasse Hoile, which will be for the track Time Flies- the central part to the opening 55 minute track of the album.

In the video interview below, Steven fills us in on what 'Time Flies' is all about, the vibe in the studio during it's recording and what Lasse plans for the video.

Click on the player below to see the interview and head back here on JULY 31st to hear the track in the full, right here on Roadrunner UK.

Last week we revealed a 'sampler' of the first track off the album. If you missed that, head HERE to have a listen and read some first impressions of the album from the recent listening session in London.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEO!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

STREAM NEW PORCUPINE TREE, CHECK OUT FAN REVIEWS

New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ RoadRunner Records) - You can now stream a medley of several songs from Porcupine Tree's upcoming album, The Incident, due out this September.

Recently, the band played the album to key media and some competition winners. We asked some of the attending competition winners if they would be willing to write up thier thoughts on the new record and they were only too happy to oblige.

Here are two of our favorite write-ups:

Just how do you describe a listening experience like that which I have been privy to? A musical movement that carries your emotions along through its monstrous highs and languid depths, one which captivates your from that first chord to the fading out of its last - some 55 minutes later, and one which you wish you could relive over again. Just how do you describe that to someone? Well, let's start by telling you just what that listening experience was... for those that have yet to guess, I'm of course referring to Porcupine Tree's latest opus, The Incident.

I can't attest to being a 'massive' prog fan. I own no Pink Floyd, and not much Genesis or Rush. But I hasten to point out that I do know good music when I hear it, and PT have ticked all those boxes for me in the past: awesome sonic soundscapes created with utter mastery of music and melody. When I heard on the grapevine that they were planning a 55 minute song I was excited, and couldn't wait to see how this was interpreted and realised in the final product... and yesterday, I had my chance.

To some, I'm sure the '55 minute running time' is a bit off-putting - just how can a song last that long? To a dedicated PT fan, this is a salivating proposition, but to a 'normal' music fan? 'Daunting' is the word I'd use. Let's set things straight here - this is no Catch 33 by Meshuggah (another epically long 'song' put out a couple of years ago). For me, that particular album dragged and a lot of the rhythms wore thin after a short while. Porcupine Tree have crafted an album that seems like it's over in an instant, but is massively Moorish - more-so than crack to a desperate junkie. What makes this passage of time so speedy is how the 'song cycle' (to quote Mr. Wilson) blends seamlessly and really does take the listener on an emotional journey. Ideas and themes re-emerge before giving way to the next inspirational idea. It really was a captivating listen that I wish I could replay, but sadly is one I cannot.

So, what can you expect? You've definitely got a PT album on your hands, and one which really explores the depths of what the band is, and it really does bring out the best in them. I would love to say of the 'Floyd' influences... but, as I've already attested to, I'm no 'Prog-maestro', so a comment such as that would be futile from myself. Essentially, if you're a PT fan you're going to simply love the exquisite production values (5.1 mix especially!) and the attention to detail you've come to love and adore from the band. I can honestly say that I've not heard an album that makes me sit up and think 'wow, this is special' for quite some time now, well, if we were to eradicate Mastodon's Crack The Skye from my memory anyway. But what for the non-PT fans, and the curious listener? If you appreciate music, whether from the current roster of 'rockstars' or from yesteryear, then there really is something here that demands your attention. Much like that first taste of love, you'll be back for more.

Just wait until you hear the haunting chanted chorus of 'Octane Twisted', or the mournful tale of loss in 'Time Flies'. Also, who'd have thought that a song about a motorway accident ('The Incident') could be so insightful and beautiful? And there-in lies the solution to my initial question: how do you describe what I've heard? Beautiful. It's a savage, raw and untamed beauty - much like the natural world that surrounds us: for every moment of peace and tranquillity, there is turmoil and upheaval. The listener truly is taken on a ride lyrically and musically, and invited into Steven Wilson's world for 55 minutes.

I, for one, just wish I was back there in that world. Lamentably I'll have to wait until mid-September to once again hear those blissful sounds when I pick up the album, and I suggest that you do the same.

~ AARON EVERITT

Occam's Razor is an instrumental that begins with alternating crashing and gentle acoustic guitars before moving into a cave-like space and calm before climbing out with spiral guitar riffing before leading straight into the vocals of The Blind House. This is a lovely clean song, beautifully produced again moving forward as if swimming and then again into some marvellous rhythms and riffs to finish. Great Expectations follows, which is a very short piece, very minimal with some beautiful guitar work. Already I was bowled over by the shear range of PT's music, so much contrast in what is essentially one track with many movements. Track 4, Kneel and Disconnect had a greater presence of keyboards and what sounded like a xylophone and to me had some real King Crimson overtones. This moved on to Drawing the Line which is probably the most different track of them all, it is difficult to put a finger on exactly why, especially after only one listen but suffice to say that it could really grow one me with time.

The Incident starts in a very similar vein to the material from Fear of a Blank Planet, PT's last album, with many whispers, spoken vocals, industrial tension and distorted vocals and guitars. I loved the way the last phrase is repeated over and over at the end of the track before moving into Your Unpleasant Family which despite the name has some very definite Beatles' influences. Steve really hits the high notes on this one. The Yellow Windows of the Evening Train is a really contrasting track which has overtones of Sigur Ros to start and then it slides into probably the definitive track of the album, Time Flies. This is clearly a nod to the music of Pink Floyd though still very much PT at heart. It reminded me a lot of the Album Animals with brilliant bass riffs and some superb guitar work. A real masterpiece!

The next two tracks, Degree Zero of Liberty and Octane Twisted, could not be more different to Time Flies. Much harder and riffy, a slight oriental feel from the former and very Opeth from the latter. That said as for all PT material the mixing is incredible and the contrast between the heavy industrial riffs and the quiet spaces is amazing. For me I think Octane Twisted is my second favourite of the album. Then before you can draw breath The Seance starts which in stark contrast takes one back almost to the time of Stupid Dream, before plunging back into Circle of Manias which has could be compared with some of the heavier material from the In Absentia album. The track stops abruptly moving into silence for a second or so before gentle vocals take us into the final and quite beautiful track, I Drive the Hearse. Colin plays a lovely fretless bass and the melody is not as sad as the title suggests. A fitting end to in my opinion is a brilliant album.

There is amazing contrast, light and shade but the production is incredible and everyone in the band is able to shine. My only worry will be how this will be played live as there will be a lot of equipment changes and Steve is going to need to keep his vocal chords in good working order.

After having only listened to this once, I know I am going to listen to it again and again and again. The only thing is that I am going to have to wait until September until that happens!!

~ EWAN KELLAR

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King Crimson 40th Anniversary Editions

Looking forward to these!

http://www.dgmlive.com/news.htm?entry=2505

:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Jul 14, 2009

Forty years ago this month King Crimson went onstage at Hyde Park London as part of a bill topped by The Rolling Stones. The concert propelled the band from being the “hottest new band in London” to “hottest new band in the UK” overnight.

This status was confirmed when their classic debut album In the Court of the Crimson King achieved a UK Top 5 chart placing upon release in October that year. Such chart success was quickly replicated elsewhere with the record entering the US top 30 and replacing The Beatles’ Abbey Road at the top of the Japanese International Artist chart by the end of the year.

To celebrate 40 years of the Crimson Kings, DGM & Panegyric proudly announce the release of a series of CD/DVD-A editions of the original King Crimson studio albums.

Each CD/DVD-A release features the full original album plus bonus tracks on the CD. Two of the titles – Lizard & In the Court of the Crimson King feature entirely new 2009 stereo album mixes by Steven Wilson & Robert Fripp.

The DVD-A presents each album fully remixed into stunning 5.1 Surround Sound with Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) in the producer role and King Crimson founder member Robert Fripp as executive producer.

The 5.1 mixes are accessible in full MLP lossless audio on DVD-A players & DTS 5.1 on standard DVD players/DVD Rom drives. Additionally, High Resolution stereo is also accessible on the DVD-A (24/96 DVD-A & 24/48 DVD/DVD Rom).

Selected DVD-A titles in the series will also feature era specific, rarely seen, King Crimson video footage. Each album is presented in a double Digipack, with booklet artwork featuring new sleeve notes by Robert Fripp and King Crimson biographer Sid Smith alongside archive material and photos, enclosed in an outer card slipcase.

The first three titles are set for release this year with further titles to follow throughout 2010:

Red: September 21st 2009
In the Court of the Crimson King
: October 12th 2009  (various editions)
Lizard
: October 26th 2009

Additional information about individual titles.

Red – (KCSP 7 CD/DVD-A) September 21st release.



The 1974 classic album that became an inspiration to a
generation of musicians.

CD: Features the original album plus three extra tracks, stunning pre-overdub trio versions of Red & Fallen Angel and the full version of Providence.

DVD-A: Features the original album in Hi-Res Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound editions, with the three additional tracks from the CD plus Journey to the Centre of the Cosmos also available in Hi-Res Stereo. The trio version of Fallen Angel and the full versions of Providence and Journey to the Centre of the Cosmos are also available in 5.1 Surround Sound.

Video footage: Rarely seen footage from French TV from 1974 featuring performances of Larks’ Tongues in Aspic II, The Night Watch, Lament & Starless


In The Court of the Crimson King – October 12th release – Available in three editions.



The seminal debut album; one of the most innovative
British rock albums of all time.


(KCSP 1 CD/DVD-A edition)

CD: Features entirely new 2009 stereo edition mixed from the original pre mix multi track tapes by Steven Wilson and Robert Fripp, plus bonus tracks including early versions of I Talk to the Wind, the backing track for Epitaph and the session that produce the opening wind effect for 21st Century Schizoid Man.

DVD-A: Features the original album in 5.1 Surround Sound. The 2004 master edition & the 2009 new mix also appear in Hi-Res Stereo, along with several bonus tracks from the original recording sessions.  
Video Footage: Newly re-sequenced archive footage of 21st Century Schizoid Man from the legendary Hyde Park concert.

(DGM 5009 2CD edition)

CD1: as per above.

CD2: Features the 2004 master edition plus bonus tracks including the Morgan studios instrumental recording of 21st Century Schizoid Man, the John Peel Top Gear recording of I Talk to the Wind (not previously released on CD) and a transfer of the original single a/b side of The Court of the Crimson King.

(KCCBX 1 4CD/DVD-A Boxed set – Limited edition.)
Full details to be arranged.

Lizard – October 26th release.



King Crimson’s third album, a jazz-rock tour de force.

(KCSP3 CD/DVD-A edition)

CD: Features entirely new 2009 stereo edition mixed from the original pre mix multi track tapes by Steven Wilson and Robert Fripp plus three bonus tracks: Lady of the Dancing Water (alternate take), Bolero (alternative version originally from Frame by Frame) and a studio run through of Cirkus from the original recording sessions.

DVD-A: Features the original album in 5.1 Surround Sound. The 2004 master edition and the 2009 new album mix also appear in Hi-Res Stereo, along with the three bonus tracks from the CD.  

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Monday, July 13, 2009

The Incident audio preview

From Porcupine Tree's home page:
07-13-2009

A medley of extracts from The Incident is now available to listen to on the Porcupine Tree myspace page, or the Roadrunner UK website (from 4PM UK today).

Written and recorded between September-May, "The Incident" is the tenth studio album by Porcupine Tree. Released worldwide by Roadrunner on 14th September (one week earlier than previously announced in order to coincide with the first tour dates), the album is a 2 disc set, the first disc containing the 55 minute title track / song cycle, and the second CD featuring 4 shorter pieces. There will be 3 editions of the album; a standard 2 CD set, a deluxe edition (contents to be confirmed), and a double vinyl version.

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Sunday, July 12, 2009

Progressive metal band Riverside brings progski to the western world

I've had a chance to hear the new album, and I think it is their best yet.
If you haven't checked out Riverside yet, this may be a good place to start.


July 12, 6:31 PM

Album cover for Riverside's "Anno Domini High Definition".

Vince Font
Salt Lake City Pop Culture Examiner

http://www.examiner.com/x-7870-Salt-Lake-City-Pop-Culture-Examiner~y2009m7d12-ADHD


"Progski" may not be a term that lots of people are familiar with, but if Polish progressive metal band Riverside has anything to say about it, that ignorance won't last long. And if the good word of mouth on their latest studio album "Anno Domini High Definition" (2009, Inside Out Music) continues to spread, it won't. The album (which, when shortened, gives us the acronym ADHD) is the band's fourth studio album and captures the band at a crucial crossroads.

Five years ago with the release of their self-titled EP, Riverside became the darlings of the prog music scene with their unique blend cathartic speed metal and melodic progressive rock. Their distinctive sound singled them out as the vanguards of a new and exciting wave of Polish progressive rock bands that gave birth to the slang term "progski". Having proven themselves to the converted with three studio albums, the band now stands poised to make a grab for a significantly wider international audience with their fourth. Usually that kind of pressure is enough to crush most bands, but instead Riverside has stepped boldly forward and delivered a powerful combination blow that's sure place "ADHD" on a lot of top ten lists for 2009.

Unlike previous Riverside releases, "Anno Domini High Definition" is 44:44 of heart stopping riffs and potent lyrical observations on modern life. The album is long on high energy, and short on the quieter, more subdued moments that were a staple of earlier Riverside releases, and one of the stylistic traits that set them apart from other prog/metal bands. But according to lead singer and bassist Mariusz Duda, the near-frenetic nature of the songs is intentional and gives insight into the album title's telling acronym: "It’s an album about people who know they need to speed up or they’ll get left behind. It's about chaos, constant race, uncertainty, stress, and the struggle to survive." Duda released a solo album in 2008 under the moniker Lunatic Soul.

"Anno Domini High Definition" was released June 15 in Europe, and has quickly become the top selling album in Poland above such musical atrocities as Eminem and Beyonce--and even above a band many Riverside fans cite as a heavy influence, Dream Theater. Other alleged influences range from Tool to Porcupine Tree, but in the end Riverside's crowning achievement is having forged their own unmistakable musical identity. Hopefully for this truly talented group of musicians, that distinct sound will play well with American audiences when the album is released to North America on July 28.

For more info: http://www.myspace.com/riversidepl

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Saturday, July 11, 2009

Do as I say, not as I do.


This is a couple years old, but I don't remember seeing it before.

Tale of Two Houses

House #1

A 20 room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms) heated by natural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guest house, all heated by gas. In one month this residence consumes more energy than the average American household does in a year. The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2400 per month. In natural gas alone, this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home.. This house is not situated in a Northern or Midwestern "snow belt" area. It's in the South.



House #2

Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university. This house incorporates every "green"feature current home construction can provide. The house is 4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on a high prairie in the American southwest. A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat-pumps drawing ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground.

The water (usually 67 degrees F) heats the house in the winter and cools it in the summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas and it consumes one-quarter electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system. Rainwater from the roof is collected and funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks and then into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates the land surrounding the house. Surrounding flowers and shrubs native to the area enable the property to blend into the surrounding rural landscape.

~~~~~

HOUSE #1 is outside of Nashville, Tennessee ;

it is the abode of the "environmentalist" Al Gore.

HOUSE #2 is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas ;

it is the residence of former President of the United States, George W. Bush.

An "inconvenient truth."


You can verify it at : http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp


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Thursday, July 09, 2009

THIS WEEK'S BEST GENESIS PRESS RELEASE

Genesis Live 1973-2007

Rhino Continues To Upgrade The Group's Catalog With A Fourth Boxed Set Containing Live Albums Expanded With Bonus Audio And Unreleased Tracks

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10-Disc Boxed Set Will Be Available September 29 From Rhino

LOS ANGELES -- Following the reissue of the 14 Genesis studio albums in the stunning boxed sets Genesis 1976 - 1982 and Genesis 1983 - 1998 in 2007, Genesis 1970 - 1975 in 2008, on September 29, Rhino will release Genesis Live 1973 - 2007, a boxed set gathering the four live albums recorded by the legendary British group from 1973 to 1992. Featuring brand new stereo mixes, the boxed set also includes the long-awaited release in stereo and 5.1 of Live At The Rainbow 1973 only available with this collection.

Genesis Live 1973 - 2007 is a sumptuously presented boxed set that includes:

Genesis Live, the band's first Top 10 album in the UK, recorded in Leicester and Manchester and issued in 1973, and featuring the classic line-up of Tony Banks (keyboards), Phil Collins (drums, vocals), Peter Gabriel (vocals, flute), Steve Hackett (guitars) and Mike Rutherford (bass, guitars). Genesis Live, for this box-set release, has been extended to feature five bonus tracks recorded at the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles on January 24, 1975 and the full album is also presented in 5.1 for the first time.

The double set Seconds Out, a Top 5 entry in 1977 that documented the group's Paris dates as a quartet with Collins on lead vocals following Gabriel's departure in 1975. The concerts featured touring drummers Bill Bruford and Chester Thompson. Exclusive to this boxed set, Seconds Out is presented in stereo and 5.1 versions.

Three Sides Live, a #2 album in the U.K. in 1982, mostly showcasing the Banks-Collins-Rutherford incarnation augmented by Thompson and guitarist Daryl Stuermer.

The Way We Walk, finally sees these two live albums re-sequenced as per the original show's set list. Originally released separately and entitled Vol I: The Shorts, which made the Top 3 in Britain in 1992, and Vol 2: The Longs, this was the band's sixth #1 album, and their only concert recording to top the charts in 1993.

First formed in 1967, Genesis have sold 150 million albums worldwide and have influenced the likes of Elbow, Flaming Lips, and Jeff Buckley. In the early '70s, their ambition in the studio was matched by groundbreaking live shows as they presented such classic albums as Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling England By The Pound, and The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway to audiences across Europe and the U.S. Following Gabriel's exit in the mid-'70s, Collins stepped up to the microphone and the group scored Top 5 albums with A Trick Of The Tail and Wind And Wuthering. Hackett left in 1977 but the "remaining three" had their first Top 10 single with "Follow You Follow Me" and their first U.S. Top 20 album with ...And Then There Were Three... the next year. A simpler, more direct approach to songwriting worked so well that Banks-Collins-Rutherford scored consecutive #1 albums with Duke, Abacab, Genesis, and Invisible Touch in the '80s, and with We Can't Dance in 1991, and became a stadium act without losing any of their sophistication and attention to detail. This was evidenced again when they returned to the stage after a ten-year hiatus. When In Rome 2007, the DVD of the free concert they gave at the Circo Massimo in Rome in front of 500,000 spectators topped the DVD charts in the U.K. last year.

Recorded at Leicester De Montfort Hall and Manchester Free Trade Hall in February 1973, Genesis Live was not originally intended for release but rather mixed to be broadcast on the King Biscuit Flower Hour show on US radio. It comprises versions of the melodramatic set opener "Watcher Of The Skies" and "Get 'Em Out By Friday" from Foxtrot, the band's fourth studio album--which had reached #12 in October 1972--"The Return Of The Giant Hogweed" and "The Musical Box" from 1971's Nursery Cryme, the first album featuring Collins and Hackett, and the tour de force quiet-loud dynamics of "The Knife," from Trespass, the group's 1970 debut for the Charisma label. Given the band's growing reputation for its theatrical shows, it is no surprise that Genesis Live spent ten weeks in the charts in 1973, paving the way for the release of Selling England By The Pound later that year. The album's iconic cover features Gabriel wearing one of his many costumes, in this case the "Magog" mask and black cape he donned during "Supper's Ready."

Bonus material includes five tracks from the celebrated concept album The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, a Top 10 release at the end of 1974, recorded at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles in January 1975.

Recorded at the Palais des Sports in Paris with the Manor Mobile studio in 1976 and 1977, Seconds Out stayed on the British charts for four months. The double set was much more in keeping with the times, the increasing availability of bootleg recordings and the phenomenal success of Frampton Comes Alive! Former Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford had joined Genesis for the 1976 dates and features on "The Cinema Show," one of two tracks from Selling England By The Pound. The other, "Firth Of Fifth," and the rest of the album, features Chester Thompson, a drummer best known for his work with Frank Zappa and Weather Report at the time. Collins tackles Gabriel-era material like "The Musical Box," "Supper's Ready," "The Carpet Crawlers," the title track from The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, and "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)," the group's first hit, with aplomb. "Squonk," "Robbery," "Assault & Battery," "Dance On A Volcano" and "Los Endos" came from A Trick Of The Tail while "Afterglow" originally featured on Wind And Wuthering. Hackett left while Seconds Out was being mixed. The album's distinctive cover and the other pictures used were shot by Armando Gallo, the band's biographer.

Recorded in Germany in 1981, Three Sides Live was originally released in 1982 as a double vinyl set with a fourth side of studio recordings -- basically the 3X3 EP and two B-sides--in the US while the European version contained three more extended live tracks. The studio versions of "Turn It On Again," "Behind The Lines," "Duchess" and "Misunderstanding" featured on 1980's Duke while "Dodo," "Me And Sarah Jane" and "Abacab" first appeared on Abacab in 1981. "Follow You Follow Me" came from ...And Then There Were Three... and "Afterglow" and "One For The Vine" were originally recorded on Wind And Wuthering. "The Fountain Of Salmacis" harked back to Nursery Cryme and the "In The Cage"/"Cinema Show"/"The Colony Of Slippermen" medley slotted a track from Selling England By The Pound between two slices from The Lamb... while "It"/"Watcher Of The Skies"--recorded in 1976 with Hackett and Bruford--spanned The Lamb... and Foxtrot.

Recorded in 1992 in arenas including London's Earls Court, the two installments of The Way We Walk were first issued in quick succession at the tail end of 1992 and the beginning of 1993, with The Shorts concentrating on the band's run of hit singles, and The Longs delving into the medleys and the more extended pieces from their repertoire. Genesis Live 1973-2007 takes the opportunity to reconcile the two albums and recreate the We Can't Dance tour experience in sequence. Hits from the group's MTV-friendly era include "Mama," "That's All," "Invisible Touch"--which charted again in its live version in 1992--"In Too Deep," "Land Of Confusion," "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight," "Throwing It All Away," "No Son Of Mine," "I Can't Dance," "Hold On My Heart" and "Jesus He Knows Me." "Driving The Last Spike" and "Fading Lights" came from We Can't Dance, "Domino" originally appeared on Invisible Touch and "Home By The Sea/Second Home By The Sea" on Genesis. The "Old Medley" rounded up nine tunes from the band's early days and Collins and Thompson's "The Drum Thing" did just that. "Turn It On Again" is exclusive to this release.

Recorded in London by the Banks-Collins-Gabriel-Hackett-Rutherford lineup, Live At The Rainbow 1973 expands on the live material first issued on the Archive 1967-1975 boxed set in 1998 and will delight die-hard fans of that period in their lengthy career. The concert from October 1973 features most of Selling England By The Pound at the time of its release, along with the conceptual piece "Supper's Ready" and "Watcher Of The Skies" from their breakthrough album Foxtrot, and "The Musical Box" from Nursery Cryme, the last two titles on 5.1 version only. It captures the band at a crucial point in their history, before they left the Lewis Carroll-like universe of their early albums behind, before the departure of Gabriel and Hackett, before their time as ubiquitous hitmakers of the '80s.

Genesis Live 1973 - 2007 has been designed to incorporate space for the most recent live Genesis release -- the 2-CD set Live Over Europe 2007. All albums feature brand new stereo mixes created by Tony Banks, Nick Davis, and Mike Rutherford, while Genesis Live, Seconds Out and Live At The Rainbow 1973 all feature 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound versions.

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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Am I on candid camera?

So I was just leaving Walmart, and got stopped in a pseudo traffic back-up in the foyer by the exit. I looked, and some woman had stopped just outside the doorway, grabbed her bags out of the carriage, and walked away just leaving the cart right where it was in front of the door.
It never ceases to boggle my mind over how fucking self-serving and inconsiderate of others some people are.
I assumed that she had a sense of entitlement because, "Obama president nah!" (some people reading this will understand that last bit...linger longer!).

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