NP: total mass retain

Thomas Eckhardt huebschraeuber at protonmail.com
Thu Jul 7 18:26:01 UTC 2022 

I am not a progophile, and I know this cannot hold a candle to Shub
Niggurath or Etron Fou Leloublan, let alone 5uubut (I cannot thank all
of you enough for these band names!), but I just stumbled across
these two 1970 concerts by Can and Kraftwerk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zhdNviS0Vs

(See also The Fall, "I am Damo Suzuki")

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

I am going to see Kraftwerk in August.


Am 13.02.2022 um 16:22 schrieb rich:
> 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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