total mass retain

[Allen Ruch]

I was going to let this drop, as I'm sure it's uninteresting most Listers, but I cannot let Jerky's challenge stand!

An AMATEUR, you say, my friend? Ho ho ho! I am quite familiar with RIO, although I prefer Etron Fou Leloublan to 5uu, and probably Univers Zéro most of all. (Though 5uu is quite good!) I have an extensive collection of 1970s Andalusian prog, possess every King Crimson box set, and can rattle off the date of every Steven Wilson prog remaster. I am currently listening to Wobbler as I type this, with Centipede queued up next, just for spite! 

And feel free to make your puns, my dear friend: but note that the *language* is Kobaïan -- "zeuhl" is merely "celestial!" 

—Qüail wört Qüailönik

PS: But seriously, email me offlist and we can chat about obscure prog ALL DAY LONG! I also love Anekdoten...! 

On 2/12/22, 2:55 PM, "Mark Thibodeau" <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:

    When it comes to Prog Rock Love, I'm willing to bet y'all cats are
    AMATEURS compared to MY ridiculous, shameless self.

    I'm too sick to come up with the sort of (admittedly excellent) proggy
    puns in the style of whoever it is who wanted mountains to come out of
    the sky and STAND THERE (was it you, David?), but if I wasn't this
    sick, my puns would involve my adventures with a trio of Lamia who
    leave a scent of garlic to linger on my chocolate fingers, and it
    would be in Zeuhl, monkeyfisters!!!

    Don't talk to me about obscure until you've discovered and fallen
    forever in love with bizarre Israeli Rock In Opposition bands like The
    5 UU's, or Swedish bands who devote themselves entirely to emulating
    exactly ONE of King Crimson SIX distinct stylistic periods (that band
    would be Anekdoten, and that stylistic period would be the "Lark's
    Tongues in Aspic/Starless and Bible Black/Red" era).

    So try finding The 5UU's song "Roan" from their album "Hunger's
    Teeth", and/or Anekdoten's "From Within", from the eponymous album on
    Youtube. They don't have fancy-shmancy "vidayos" (with the exception
    of a few live ones, but ignore those), but the songs are there. ...Oh,
    boy, are they ever.

    Enh. I'm tired. Gotta go lie down.

    Prog Rocker in Residence
    yer old pal Jerky LeBoeuf, Esq.

    On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 3:10 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
    >
    > You’re thinking of the Lizard People, or are they the same thing?
    >
    > On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 12:48 PM Allen Ruch <quail at shipwrecklibrary.com>
    > wrote:
    >
    > > I dunno…. If the CIA were really serious, they would have used STEELY DAN…
    > >
    > > From: Neal Fultz <nfultz at gmail.com>
    > > Date: Friday, February 11, 2022 at 12:18 PM
    > > To: Allen Ruch <quail at shipwrecklibrary.com>
    > > Cc: The Whole Sick Crew <pynchon-l at waste.org>
    > > Subject: Re: total mass retain
    > >
    > > The Grateful Dead was a cia psyop. Slayer was used by the cia to torture
    > > prisoners. Maybe you're closer to the edge than you think?
    > >
    > > On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 9:05 AM Allen Ruch <quail at shipwrecklibrary.com
    > > <mailto:quail at shipwrecklibrary.com>> wrote:
    > > Bitch, I wore a Grateful Dead T-shirt to a Slayer concert. I’m fearless, I
    > > tell you, FEARLESS! …livin’ life close to the edge, so to speak….
    > >
    > > From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com<mailto:fqmorris at gmail.com>>
    > > Date: Friday, February 11, 2022 at 11:59 AM
    > > To: Allen Ruch <quail at shipwrecklibrary.com<mailto:
    > > quail at shipwrecklibrary.com>>
    > > Cc: The Whole Sick Crew <pynchon-l at waste.org<mailto:pynchon-l at waste.org>>
    > > Subject: Re: NP: total mass retain
    > >
    > > I bet you would NEVER admit to YES at Club Cologne…
    > >
    > > On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 11:37 AM Allen Ruch <quail at shipwrecklibrary.com
    > > <mailto:quail at shipwrecklibrary.com><mailto:quail at shipwrecklibrary.com
    > > <mailto:quail at shipwrecklibrary.com>>> wrote:
    > > Ha ha ha!
    > >
    > > I’ve seen Yes in its various forms over a dozen times. I’ve met Roger Dean
    > > and had him autograph a print. I place the exact date the everything went
    > > to hell as June 27, 2015: the day Chris Squire died.
    > >
    > > I TOUCHED RICK WAKEMAN’S CAPE!!!
    > >
    > > —Quail
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com<mailto:fqmorris at gmail.com><mailto:
    > > fqmorris at gmail.com<mailto:fqmorris at gmail.com>>>
    > > Date: Friday, February 11, 2022 at 11:19 AM
    > > To: Allen Ruch <quail at shipwrecklibrary.com<mailto:
    > > quail at shipwrecklibrary.com><mailto:quail at shipwrecklibrary.com<mailto:
    > > quail at shipwrecklibrary.com>>>
    > > Cc: The Whole Sick Crew <pynchon-l at waste.org<mailto:pynchon-l at waste.org
    > > ><mailto:pynchon-l at waste.org<mailto:pynchon-l at waste.org>>>
    > > Subject: Re: BEg2 ch 18 quick summary, private noses
    > >
    > > OMG-icron!  Please, not, YES!!!  Please tell me you are kidding…. Or just
    > > shoot me, already!
    > >
    > > On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 11:14 AM Allen Ruch <quail at shipwrecklibrary.com
    > > <mailto:quail at shipwrecklibrary.com><mailto:quail at shipwrecklibrary.com
    > > <mailto:quail at shipwrecklibrary.com>><mailto:quail at shipwrecklibrary.com
    > > <mailto:quail at shipwrecklibrary.com><mailto:quail at shipwrecklibrary.com
    > > <mailto:quail at shipwrecklibrary.com>>>> wrote:
    > > David Morris replies from his yacht, piña colada in hand,
    > >
    > > > You are just too fucking punk!  And fuck you! I like Steely Dan. ;)
    > >
    > > Well, they’re one notch better than The Eagles, I’ll give you that. But
    > > I’m actually not very punk—I’m prog, baby. Give me a twenty minute long
    > > song about warring trees! I want my mountains to come out of the sky, and
    > > STAND THERE! I know what I see when I walk across the sitting room and turn
    > > the television on….
    > >
    > > —Quail, thankfully he’s FINALLY baited a Steely Dan fan on this fucking
    > > list…
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