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@Punj Lizard: Yes, one of the real good guys – and it comes across. Notable that he was Jon Anderson's best man. Technically, Bruford might be better but I actually prefer listening to Alan (and, as a drummer, I expect I've probably just committed some terrible faux-pas as far as the purists are concerned) and I think the post-Close to the Edge material benefitted from his style. He was no slouch, mind you, as Sound Chaser, for example, will demonstrate. I don't know whether you bought Progeny (I'm guessing, yes!) but I remember a review saying that it was Alan that was the revelation on those shows – really driving the band. You were lucky to see them in 1977. My first was a Drama-era show. While Trevor Horn was abysmal, the band, including Alan at the height of his powers, were really on form.
Sorry, guys, for the deviation, but if Neil Peart can have a whole thread (and who can forget that one?!) then this is the least Alan deserves.
Just want to add: that edition of Prog also features a great article in memory of Alan White, whose passing deserves a mention. Rest in peace, Alan – great drummer and great man.
"To make this trivial world sublime, take half a gram of phanerothyme." – Aldous Huxley.
I prefer reading between the lines.
@The Other Anders: Just putting it out there as an alternative to archive.org for uploading bootlegs.
@dongonz: You might have to prove you're not a robot.
Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp (plus Prince's bass player) – album to come:
@dongonz: I'm feeling a 'Buzz' too!
(Oh, please yourselves!)
Pleased to wake up this morning and find four clips here with a pretty good sound balance. Well done, Niek Wolters!
From Michael Green – thanks – a nice Plan #1:
Always good when the lights synch so well with the music. How many (non-Motorpsycho) gigs have I been to where that is not the case?!
Loved your work, bernie, and it just seemed to keep getting better and better. So grateful to you!
There's only one thing for it. Motorpsycho will have to go and play Lanzarote!
Here's something to provoke your imagination regarding how you could combine live footage with scenes of the island (God bless Harold Budd):
Good luck with everything!
@the conscience: The feeling is mutual.
@Thomas & @grindove: Of course I don't hold Bent responsible for these things. I have, more than once, expressed my sympathy for him and for anyone in his position. The fact remains, however, that he is not simply an average citizen, but one who influences the way others see the world. I think he is probably very astute. Many on this forum are also probably very astute. All that is lacking, maybe, is accurate information. Decisions being taken are, perhaps, not fully informed decisions, and, since that is the case, I believe, by design, I'm not sure how much blame I can attach to anybody who is making such decisions in good faith, as I believe most are. Their decent nature has been exploited.
And, yes, because all of us here, I suspect, are not particularly bad people – are not capable of doing really bad things – it is difficult to conceive that there are people out there who are made quite differently and who really do have that in them, and, unfortunately, in our world, those are the ones who seek, and find, positions of power.
So all I'm really trying to say to Bent (and, of course, I'm not only appealing to Bent here) is – with love and respect – you're not looking closely enough; have a closer look. The stakes are really high.
@Johnny: I know very little of Harari and so I am in no position to impute any dark motive on his part, although I would like to know how he feels, exactly, about, for example, what he refers to as surveillance under the skin – something that is now with us. What is apparent is that he is highly intelligent and well informed. What I do believe is that the sorts of developments he outlines are the desired outcomes for Schwab and the rest, amd that they are already well under way.
You, however, do seem to impute a pure motive to Schwab. I wonder upon what basis you have reached that conclusion?
The thing about the "half-witted mixing of topics" and "bringing together quite disparate topics" is that the protagonists have their fingers in all these seemingly disconnected pies. Why? It always comes back to the desire for control, playing God and the centuries-old aim of a single global government (and, yes, the average person will probably find that notion ludicrous, because the average person is not in possession of the information, and, if it is given to him, he will probably remain incredulous).
How far can one impute an evil motive to the likes of Schwab? One could argue that he really does, in his own way, wish to make the world a better place. The aims written on the Georgia Guidestones could be seen as lofty and laudable (if you don't enquire too closely, for instance, into exactly how the population will be reduced to less than 500,000,000).
At the risk of being accused of doing a Godwin, can I point out that the Nazis really believed that, in exterminating Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, etc., they were undertaking a difficult but noble act for the benefit of humanity? So, were they evil? Certainly, if you choose to play God, you are playing a very dangerous game. Perhaps the arrogance of Man leads him to be blind to truth.
"And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie."
I hope I am not 'half-witted', Johnny. I question myself all the time. This stuff is weird s@%t, but it's not my weird s@%t. It's the likes of Schwab who are bringing the weird s@%t.
Event 201, as referred to by the conscience, ought to be a major clue.
Why on earth would you trust any folk who set themselves up as the rulers of the world?
