Re: Bye Bye, Life/Goodbye, Happiness/Hello Loneliness/I Think I'm Gonna Die

mimus <tinmimus99@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:30:34 +0000, Anthony Nance wrote:
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>> mimus <tinmimus99@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:57:40 +0000, Anthony Nance wrote:
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>>>> mimus <tinmimus99@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:59:16 +0000, Anthony Nance wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> mimus <tinmimus99@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> _Ricochet_ is of course great, especially Part 1.  Never really
liked
>>>>> _Stratosfear_, 
>>>> 
>>>> I plucked Stratosfear hoping to stay in that early era.  If I'm
allowed 
>>>> to stretch a little, a bit of Force Majeure, and (to my surprise) the

>>>> first bit of Cyclone (really!).  I'd go with Green Desert over both
of 
>>>> those if you count it as rooted in/inspired by 1973 rather than it's
>>>> formal release in the mid-80s.
>>>> 
>>>>> and really the last TD I enjoyed and enjoy is _Poland: The
>>>>> Warsaw Concert_.
>>>> 
>>>> That's a good one.  Similar to you, I like less of their stuff
>>>> moving forward, but I do think 1985's Le Parc is pretty good.
>>>> My favorite of all is Thief (original release, with "Confrontation"
>>>> on there).
>>>> 
>>>>> I've moved on to collecting the heavier "electro-EBM" ("industrial")
>>>>> bands, from the late '80s on, which are rather like TD with
percussion . . . .
>>>> 
>>>> Such as...?  I'm very interested.
>>> 
>>> This might seem off-topic, 
>> 
>> Yes, but we left topic-ville several posts back. :)
>> 
>>> but since one of the most annoying aspects of
>>> the genre is its frequently cheesy SCI-FI themes, hey, here's my list
of
>>> favorite blocks:
>>> 
>>> <snip stuff I really appreciate>
>> 
>> That's great, thanks.  I've barely brushed up against this stuff
>> (some tiny snippets of Front 242 and Skinny Puppy).  If pandora
>> cooperates, I'll seed a few stations from your list and look for 
>> some used as well.
>> 
>> As for me, and in a different direction than what you listed,
>> the successor to the TD is what was once called "post-rock" 
>> before the term became meaningless via over-usage.  More
>> specifically, I mean stuff in the vein of Mogwai, gybe!, and 
>> Red Sparowes.  I can supply more info and specifics if you're 
>> both interested and unfamiliar.
> 
> Does it have guitars? I was sick of guitars by the early '70s . . . .

Yes, it typically does.  No shredding, sometimes silent/hidden, 
and only the rare solo, but guitars all the same (except for 
a decent amount of Sigur Ros and a few cuts here and there by 
some others).

Tony