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Post by jk on Nov 14, 2022 17:48:09 GMT -5
"When I visited Amsterdam in December 2009, me and a friend went to Kromme Waal 21 where they shot the cover photo for 'Holland'. It was obviously a different boat by then, some 37 years or so later. I tried to stand on my head to get the right feel and fell into the canal […]"gigantiskpyjamas earlier this year
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Post by jk on Nov 17, 2022 5:13:20 GMT -5
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Post by jk on Nov 19, 2022 4:42:23 GMT -5
"Homeless clowns smear old cheese on my uncle's electric piano."
(From Roger the Shrubber's signature at Smiley many moons ago)
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Post by jk on Dec 5, 2022 15:01:20 GMT -5
"Mono is incredibly spatial. It's just that space is achieved through depth, not width. From the 1920s onwards, with the introduction of microphones in the studio, they were really able to play around with the depth and proximity of various elements. Mono plays with depth the way black and white films play with shade. Neither are 'natural', but both are incredibly artistic and carefully designed. Unfortunately, whilst many black and white films are rightly regarded as masterpieces for their use of shade and light, mono is written off as archaic and old fashioned. A damn shame."ironhorseapples, two months ago
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Post by jk on Dec 27, 2022 13:27:36 GMT -5
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Post by jk on Dec 30, 2022 9:14:58 GMT -5
"Public Service Announcement: For the contraction of 'it is,' use the apostrophe: IT'S. For the possessive, do not use the apostrophe: ITS. Thank you."
(catbirdman's signature at EH)
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Post by jk on Jan 11, 2023 5:23:46 GMT -5
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Post by jk on Feb 26, 2023 10:16:34 GMT -5
"My lovely sister-in-law made me a birthday cake containing half a bottle of rum and the same of brandy, then topped it off with an edible transfer of the 15 Big Ones LP cover. If'n you're interested, Brian was utterly delicious."
(sneakypete77 in the Shoutbox, 22/2/23)
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Post by jk on Feb 27, 2023 16:08:40 GMT -5
"It's said he [Henry Whiting Wilson] left England due to his overbearing father. Young Henry was a talented harpsichordist, but his father used to meddle with the stops on his instrument. During Henry's performances, he would run into the room, shouting 'lute stop up'. It just became too much." (the irrepressible ironhorseapples)
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Post by jk on Mar 7, 2023 4:53:47 GMT -5
"And their music, ye gods what a pile of boring, derivative drivel. The man wouldn't know a melody if it hit him right in his monobrowed, thuggish face. I watched in utter disbelief as their star rose ever higher, resulting in a world where he is routinely referred to as a genius. ... Paul Weller on the other hand is a fine musician with a rich and varied career. That he is friends with such a twat is a mystery deserving of the Discovery channel." (ironhorseapples (again) on Noel Gallagher and Oasis)
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Post by jk on Mar 8, 2023 5:26:48 GMT -5
"Concerning Oasis, I prefer my Beatles straight."(AGD)
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Post by jk on Mar 13, 2023 14:43:27 GMT -5
"Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable of giving pleasure to thousands -- and all you can do is scratch it."(Sir Thomas Beecham)
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Post by jk on Mar 26, 2023 7:27:57 GMT -5
"Rambling Syd Rumpo: 'I'll sing you three, O Green grow my nadgers, O' Audience: 'What is your three, O?' RSR: 'Three. Are. The times I've lunged my groats Two are me loominthrumbs, see how they jangle One's the grunge upon my splod, masking my cordwangle'"(Welsh actor and comedian Kenneth Williams; to the tune of "Green Grow the Rushes, O")
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Post by jk on Mar 30, 2023 15:15:19 GMT -5
"Feel Flows will always remain an enigma to me. When I told Bruce that no one had contacted me regarding any of those productions. 'Don't feel bad,' he said, 'no one contacted any of The Beach Boys either. They just did it on their own.'"(Stephen W. Desper, on this forum)
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Post by jk on Apr 3, 2023 15:04:11 GMT -5
"Even if the AI was absolutely perfect and it sounded...good...the fact is and will always be that, you know, no matter how much it sounds like Brian Wilson singing, I dunno, Welcome to the Jungle, it, in fact, is not Brian Wilson singing. ... It's a computer. It's not the artistry of a person, it's a pale simulacrum that by definition lacks humanity. And I, for one, experience art precisely because it is a human expression."(More wise words from JH)
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Post by jk on Apr 10, 2023 12:44:27 GMT -5
"'Nothing beats kindness,' said the horse. 'It sits quietly beyond all things.'"
(Charlie Mackesy, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse)
"Quote of the season: No one does Beach Boys' music better than The Beach Boys. ~filledeplage"
(Stephen W. Desper)
"It occurs to me I have no present wife, or if I do, she has gone missing among the artifacts. I must check."
(Hank Briarstem)
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Post by jk on Apr 19, 2023 17:10:14 GMT -5
"Brian is too tall to be measured by our simple human systems of measurement, for he transcends even the idea of size. He is like an intense point of dark matter, whose mass is incomprehensible."
(Joshilyn H in an expansive mood)
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Post by jk on May 8, 2023 8:32:08 GMT -5
"I'm in the camp of: I don't give AFF about Ai filling in the gaps of BB material, or 'what might have been'. It's not the BB's, ergo; it's fake. It'll be forever counted as fan mixes. Count me out forever."(KenWorthing)
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Post by jk on May 9, 2023 10:46:42 GMT -5
"He himself is a painter, an artist, the artist formerly known as Prince."
(Hugh Bonneville at the Coronation Concert. Well it made me laugh...)
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Post by jk on May 13, 2023 7:59:50 GMT -5
Version one: Q: Did you attend Brian's concert tonight? A: Yes, and god it was amazing, the best ever. He played for two hours nonstop then brought the whole thing to a terrific climax. I couldn't believe it when he came back for an encore -- I was exhausted but deeply satisfied with his wonderful performance.
This could easily be changed to:
Version two: Q: Did John Manning seduce you last night? A: Yes, and god it was amazing, the best ever. He played for two hours nonstop then brought the whole thing to a terrific climax. I couldn't believe it when he came back for an encore -- I was exhausted but deeply satisfied with his wonderful performance.(JM, on why it wouldn't be a good idea to be able to edit PMs after the fact)
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Post by jk on Jun 8, 2023 5:50:06 GMT -5
"I love rumors! Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false, are often revealing."
"I'm aware what tremendous feats human beings are capable of once they abandon dignity."
"Oooh, that's a bingo!"(Hans Landa, in Inglourious Basterds)
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Post by jk on Jun 16, 2023 4:21:04 GMT -5
"You can now observe the activities of waterfowl on Häädemeeste beach in the Gulf of Livonia. At the moment, birds stopping on migration and returning to their home waters from migration gather in the shallow bay. The spring migration started only recently, and every day more and more different waterfowl arrive at the bay and shores to feed and rest."
(Google translated description of a short-lived live stream looking out across a windswept bay in the Baltic Sea between Latvia and Estonia)
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Post by jk on Jun 22, 2023 16:21:55 GMT -5
"Stiglitz starts things off by shooting Hellstrom in the crotch. Hellstrom then shoots Hicox and hits Bridget Von Hammersmark in the leg while Hicox falls backwards and before he dies he returns fire at Hellstrom. Stiglitz then stands up and repeatedly stabs Hellstrom in the back of the head, pinning his head to the table. Wicki stands up and shoots Winnetou in the back at least twice. Beethoven shoots Stiglitz in the back. Mata Hari shoots Wicki in the stomach. Stiglitz turns and shoots Beethoven four times in the torso and then also shoots Edgar Wallace in the heart killing them both. Wicki shoots Mata Hari in the heart. Eric shoots Stiglitz with a double-barrelled shotgun, killing him. Wicki shoots Eric in the head and Wilhelm blindly guns down Wicki and Mathilda with his MP40 sub-machine gun."(A detailed run-down of who kills whom in the tavern shootout in Inglourious Basterds, originally copied here from a now defunct blog entry)
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Post by jk on Jul 12, 2023 3:33:55 GMT -5
"As you may discern, I am, unabashedly, an enthusiastic supporter of George's singular vision of providing Murry with the credit he deserves as a songwriter. A remarkable achievement and an incredibly important contribution to our understanding of Murry and the Beach Boys."(Jim Murphy on George Faulkner’s Murry Wilson project)
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Post by jk on Jul 15, 2023 12:37:37 GMT -5
"As for 'When I Grow Up'...I could never stand that annoying tinkling harpsichord, especially in the key of A-flat. In general I have nothing against harpsichords or the key of A-flat, but something about those two things together and the harpsichord being so prominent just grates on me."(dauber waxing eloquent in the "BB Songs Which Leave You Cold” thread)
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