total mass retain
David Morris
fqmorris at gmail.com
Mon Feb 14 18:21:29 UTC 2022
I just bumbled onto this YouTube video of a guy named David Gray (I don’t
have a clue who he is), and I thought it VERY LOOSELY had the feel of your
prog rock group, though it’s anything but rock. It’s probably the Keltic
vibe in there, and I was just now listening to the first 2 tracks of
Lizard. Give a try.
https://fb.watch/baibhhq4v9/
David
On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 10:26 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> Please include me in this most geeky esoteric music group ever. I will
> mostly just observe and munch on my popcorn, but I’m sure it’s going to be
> fascinating.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 3:20 AM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Excellent link, Rich! I'd heard of Shub Niggurath, but I'd never heard
>> any of their compositions. This one ("Yog Sothoth") has a real Univers
>> Zero feel to it, and I really, REALLY like it. So thanks for that!
>>
>> This is the last prog rock email that I'll be sending to the Whole
>> Sick Crew. I'll be creating a separate, very informal sub-list of
>> those interested in the topic of the most obscure and avant-garde of
>> prog (currently numbering just myself and Allen/Quail unless and until
>> anyone else asks to be included). Now, by obscure, I don't just mean
>> poorly-selling! It could even involve some thoughts about Pink Floyd,
>> one of the most popular and successful acts of the rock era, as long
>> as those thoughts are, themselves, obscure, novel, strange, or what
>> have you (like, I'd love to share with anyone interested my
>> interpretation of "Echoes" as being a treatment in song form about a
>> motion picture depicting the ultimate saga... that being the evolution
>> of life on Earth, from it's utmost absolute beginnings as blue green
>> algae).
>>
>> And so, if you want to be included in any future prog rock email
>> discussions with myself and Allen, let me know and I'll put you on the
>> list!
>>
>> In the meantime, a parting gift of a piece of progressive rock that I
>> HOPE is new to everyone here (but will probably turn out not to be):
>> "Recit", by the Japanese Zeuhl group, Bondage Fruit!
>> https://youtu.be/Yka_sq_9bDk
>>
>> Cheers,
>> yer old pal Jerky
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 10:22 AM rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > i'm sure you know about these guys but if not if u like the dark
>> Red-crimson era (and who doesn't) granchildren you cant go wrong with Unit
>> Wail, a side band of legendary French guitarist Frank W Fromy of Shub
>> Niggurath frame, whose mid-80s lp Les Morts Vont Vite (and intro cassette
>> titled Introduction, is imho, the best musical companion to Lovecraft's
>> writing. Yog Sothoth is a highlight.
>> >
>> > Yog Sothoth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j1Icb1iuMA
>> >
>> > https://unitwail.bandcamp.com/
>> >
>> > rich
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 10:54 PM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Re: my "zeuhl" v. "Kobaïan" nomenclatural conflation... I DID say that
>> >> I was quite sick, yes?
>> >>
>> >> But seriously... I can already tell this is a fight I want no part of.
>> >>
>> >> And of course, it would be on the Pynchon-List that I encounter the
>> >> progiste whose prog obsession puts my progophilia to shame.
>> >>
>> >> I hereby surrender to the better man. Teach me, teacher!
>> >>
>> >> Cheers!
>> >> yer old pal Jerky
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 8:29 PM Allen Ruch <quail at shipwrecklibrary.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > 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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