Basingstoke Bargains and Moog Indigo

I was doing a survey in Basingstoke today and afterwards went to shop around. Virgin isn't a place for bargains normally but came out with 4 of them at £3.99 each. Bill Fay "Time of The Last Persecution" (Eclectic 2005 - a reissue of a forgotten 1971 album, Edan "Beauty And The Beat" (Lewis 2005), Quasimoto "Further Adventures of Lord Quas" (Stones Throw 2005) and double CD reissue of The Fall "Live At The Witch Trials" (Castle 2004).

From the post this morning i received my 1991 "YesYears" box set which i bid on ebay for and won at a very reasonblbe price and the box and eceverthing contained within it is in excellent condition.



Now computer music or electronic pioneers is the next thing i wan to talk about.The first time i got into moogs and other electronic instruments was in the early 70's with prog-rock bands like Yes,King Crimson,and the early Gnesis (now a bad non-hip word) and then Tontos Expanding head Band,Tomita and his versions of classical stuff with the Moog,and similarly Wendy Carlos and her versions of Mozart,Bach and so on. In the 70's she was under the male monicker of Walter Carlos and i gueesed why she did it was because women's lib hadn;'t really reached the music scene as it had in other walks of life.

Later on,starting with the 90's i discovered the pioneers of electronic music going back to the fifties and beyond such as Hoffman's Theremin,The Ondes Martinet as used so successfully im Messiaen's "Turangalila Symphony",the unusual keyboard used by Osker Sala, and the early Stockhausen pieces. From this i got into musique concrete from pioneers as Pierre Schaeffer and Pieree Henry and the ouvre of Iannis Xenakis,Tod Dockstader,Morton Subotnik and others.
However the influence of the Moog developed by Robert Moog is undeneibale and ins now a mainstay of certain types of pop and rocjk bands such as Stereolab or Broadcast. Then we must forget the influence of these instruments on German rock bands such as Tangerine Dream,Kraftwerk,Cluster and to a lesser degree Faust and Can. Next time i will recommend some Cd's which take a look at the history of electronic music and its various forms.




My wife at the far right and some of her mates from work having a good time!

Pain and Suffering

I seem to be suffering alot from a trapped nerve in my left arm,and its giving me grief. The pain is all encompassing and the Deep Heat doesn't seem to work too well. Pain seems to be an afliction of the human condition.

Dragged myself to the boot fair at the station this morning though.Purchased some LP's for £1 each and 50p for another. they are a Bix Beiderbecke Lp on CBS "The Bix Beiderbecke Story Vol 1","Studio 2 Impact" (Phase 4 LP) and "Truckin' On Down" Harry Roy and His Orchestra (Old Bean). Also bought a book on cats but written by children for the amusement of adults for a small 50p as well.

Met GC at the fair and afterwards with Lorna had coffee at a cafeteria in the North Laines.




Tiggy has been lazy again and she alwsys finds places to sleep. She even lies on her back legs spreadeagled too as in this pic.