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Quote:I was very impressed by Lore
In a little exchanage of emails among a regular group of gig-going friends today, one of them said of Lore: "[It] is their weakest more straight forward stuff, heard it all before, if you know what I mean" :lol: Meanwhile, another said "I've got 'Lore' but haven't played it for ages – playing it now and it's hitting the spot." :lol: I will most certainly get to it soon.
So I finally got around to listening to Elder's Omens and the Gold & Silver Sessions, and was impressed enough to promptly buy both. After I've immersed myself in these two a little more, I'll start moving through their back catalogue.
@bionaut – like you, I'm a Bandcamp fan. The only vinyl records I own (by any band) are MP's En Konsert, RW3, RW5 and Terje Brekkstad. And I don't plan on buying a record player and getting back into collecting vinyl. I understand and respect all the reasons why people prefer vinyl, but at this stage, I'm not going back to buying it unless there is a specific album put out that I can't get any other way, and as long as it prefereably includes a CD or a free download with it.
So I'm very happy about this Light Fantastic release on Bandcamp and hope the band decides to put Child of the Future, The Motorpnakotic Fragments and HBM vol. 2 on there too
although I also understand and respect all the arguments by fans and the band for why they might prefer not to. PS: I have managed to acquire all the albums mentioned by unofficial means – but what I would like is an opportunity to get them through official means and in the process give the band money for them. I did this as soon as I became aware that Light Fantastic was up on Bandcamp.
@Great King Rat – I knew about this distinction but I personally never apply it because I always forget about it. I imagine the majority of native English speakers (I am one) have no idea about it. Anyway, that source came from a quick Google search "compare to vs compare with" which threw up this link:
As I said, I was just being a smartass because of the discussion of whether comparisons should be made or not. It was meant in jest (hence the winking smiley). I had no intention to make anybody look bad, or myself look good. The standard of English on display on the forum is outstanding in my humble opinion. And English people like myself should be the last to point fingers, given most of us speak/read/write only one language (and that generally poorly).
Rather than comparing it to, how about comparing it with?
"To compare to is to point out or imply resemblances between objects regarded as essentially of a different order; to compare with is mainly to point out differences between objects regarded as essentially of the same order."
Sorry – just being a smartass about a grammatical point I always get wrong.
Chomsky on (primarily the US's) handling of and preparedness for the pandemic.
Just been listening to Swedish outfit hooffoot the last couple of days. Instrumental jazzy prog – bordering on fusion in places.
@kjesso – When Harstad was interviewed in the Folk Fest video, I noticed on his bookshelf a copy of Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. That's another mammoth book, but one I would definitely recommend, though it's very hard going in places.
I really like the last album too. Will check out the EP.
Rockpalast video of King Buffalo at Freak Valley Festival:
Cool. I hope we soon get some news about the material the band wrote and recorded in collaboration with Ola Kvernberg and Lars Horntveth in honour of Håkon Gullvåg.
According to the setlist posted on setlist.fm for the 23rd February show, Paus and MP played every track off Så nær, så nær, a bunch of others (that I presume are Paus golden oldies), and opened with Whip That Ghost.
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/ole-paus/2020/den-norske-opera-and-ballett-oslo-norway-b98456a.html
Instagram post from the lads regarding their recent shows with Ole Paus:
"Oh, wow…!
We want to extend a heartfelt ‘thank you’ to everybody who came out to the shows we did with Ole at @hamarkulturhus and @operaen_ this weekend!
We are all stoked and thrilled by all the positive feedback we’ve gotten for both the record and the shows – truly beyond! We had high hopes, but never expected anything like this!
It has been challenging having to get used to in-ear monitors and working at an ‘Ole-friendly’ volume level on stage, but you learn from every venture into the unknown you take, and this will hopefully just make us a better band! Thanks to Ole’s people (Arne, Ashley, Svein Erik, et al. ) who made this such an enjoyable experience!
We are really grateful that Psychonauts are so open minded and accepting of all our extracurricular activities – cheers, you guys are amazing!"
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9AYRcNA6Kh/?igshid=1wy7oebi5fmsd%5D
