NP: total mass retain

Thu Jul 7 19:35:37 UTC 2022

awesome, Thomas

you'll probably dig this rare clip of Agitation Free in 1973 too if you
haven't seen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGWSILbP4S0

rich

On Thu, Jul 7, 2022 at 2:26 PM Thomas Eckhardt <
huebschraeuber at protonmail.com> wrote:

> 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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> >>>      > > --
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> >>>      > > --
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> >>>      > >
> >>>      > --
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> >>>
> >> --
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> >>
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