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This was the first thread I ever posted on in the Light Lounge. I think it's fitting that this will be the last place I post and that I'm listening to the last CD I ever bought. It's too bad that this thread had fallen into disuse--there was a time when all sorts of people used to post here. --- Art...

Best of the last few days: "Does killing time damage eternity?" "Money talks but all mine ever says is 'goodbye'." "It's a small world. Unless you have to walk." "Gravity: It's not just a good idea, it's the LAW." --- Because of failing health, I won't be able...

Artist: Lull
Album: Dreamt About Dreaming

Hi seta, I'm getting pretty close to the end and this might be the last meaningful thread that we converse in. So humour a dying man for a minute and listen to my final advice to you. I think one of the toughest challenges you will face in your life is having to deal with the fact that "most pe...

...have you been into any of the modernist so called 'classical' although I call it 'orchestral'? I'm thinking of Philip Glass, Steve Reich and maybe John Adams. There are certainly some close comparisons with Reich and Zorn, at least creatively and the thirst for experiment. Reich once did a piece...

seta, I remember a while back we had a convo where you revealed that you had an exceptionally high IQ, something that was determined through something other than silly online IQ tests. While IMO, a high IQ is not the final word on intelligence, your possession of that attribute does affect how you b...

Hey Alex, I think there's a slight separation between the two of us with regard to musical eras and genres. My involvement in the "punk" scene started in the mid-80s hardcore scene. Some of the UK bands I mentioned were well-known in underground circles but most of their work was initially...

...I purposely did not generalize by using the words "a lot" instead of 'most' or even 'many'. Many women actually do use their emotions and sex appeal to manipulate men. On the flip side, a lot of men use positions of power, wealth, and strength to manipulate women. Thats what makes the ...

Hi Alex, re: Painkiller's "Guts of a Virgin" I hope when you listen to it, you don't view it as representational of their work. That album was their first and IMO, clearly not their best effort. Subsequent albums demonstrated stronger improvisational cohesiveness and sophistication, includ...

Any guys out there sick of feminism? Women think we just want it in the bedroom (no denying that's nice) but seriously, we can pay for that. So any self respecting guys out there realise, like me, we are looking for something deeper with a bit more meaning while at the same time not forgetting to p...

Brainiac, Didn't know Zorn, but have just utubed him, then went to ebay and bid on a vynil album from a guy in Wood Green, London. "Pain killer: guts of a virgin" I owe you for that. Alex. PS - "Play with them" - what's your instrument? Whoa, you might want to ease off on that b...

OMG, that's adorable!!! I wish they'd tell us how long the kids were made to wait for, tho.

...It's a course training to be a counsellor, either voluntary or paid, which mainly means learning to listen.... Connecting to a conversation we're having elsewhere, Alex, the most important part of playing jazz or improvised music is learning to listen--or as they say, "having big ears"...

A musical question for you, Alex: what do you think of the many sonic worlds of John Zorn? Are you familiar with him? Zorn was my gateway into the world of jazz because he embraced extreme hardcore punk (where my musical roots are from) and incorporated many of its elements into his work, as well as...

I guess that's the problem with "group therapy": you're expected to expose your vulnerabilities to people you don't know or trust; people who, because they have problems of their own, may not really care about your situation. To me, that's one of the shortcomings of group therapy. My only ...