tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post8029283084115860483..comments2023-12-27T13:35:09.431-07:00Comments on Exile in Portales: Yet Another Sign o' the Impending ApocalypseBuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-85461505397736687622010-12-23T12:13:39.573-07:002010-12-23T12:13:39.573-07:00Anon: Thanks for that Top of the Pops link. The ...Anon: Thanks for that Top of the Pops link. The show sure has changed since I watched it in the '80s. I'm in full agreement about AM radio, too. I still don't have much use for that. And... those KA-rayzee Nipponese!<br /><br />Lou: I guess I'm too much of a purist (read: Old Fart) to buy into music's techno-thing. I didn't like it when it first appeared back in the '70s (the Moody Blues being the sole exception and perhaps a nod to ELP) and I like it less today. I'm not on the same page as you where photography is concerned, either. I STILL think a photographer needs to know the basics to create good photos.<br /><br />Kris: You and Anon are correct with your ensemble observations. But the question remains: WHY??Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-42784120617498716782010-12-23T05:46:30.905-07:002010-12-23T05:46:30.905-07:00Anon, please give warning so that I don't spit...Anon, please give warning so that I don't spit my coffee on the keyboard.Bag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-31012413561474566112010-12-23T02:45:31.879-07:002010-12-23T02:45:31.879-07:00If you really want to fear the Apocalypse, there&#...If you really want to fear the Apocalypse, there's this news story from CBS about genetic manipulation of mice, so they can sing.<br /><br />http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20026443-501465.html?tag=strip<br /><br />Oh great, can you imagine singing mice in your house? The cat will shit...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-72760730057670188682010-12-22T18:17:35.245-07:002010-12-22T18:17:35.245-07:00Well ... speaking as a pair of musicians The Oracl...Well ... speaking as a pair of musicians The Oracle and I can appreciate the innovation and talent to play the music in synch and actually put a little feeling into electronica.<br /><br />That said - all I could think of was "oooo look at the uber-nerds rocking out with their toys"Kris, in New Englandhttp://www.noodlingonit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-45882850529686034622010-12-22T17:38:00.786-07:002010-12-22T17:38:00.786-07:00I think Anon has some good points. Any music, any...I think Anon has some good points. Any music, any singer can have his/her songs tweeked and changed to suit. Kind of like photography. Used to, someone had to really be up on his F stops and lighting and such and catch just the right frame. Now he has to be a computer wizard.Bag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-29322029616515527392010-12-22T16:21:59.356-07:002010-12-22T16:21:59.356-07:00I think if they had a few of these chicks they mig...I think if they had a few of these chicks they might sell more tickets. No one really cares about the music, we want eye candy :-)<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLKNuhDmfvQAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-39625357234166575722010-12-22T16:09:33.157-07:002010-12-22T16:09:33.157-07:00One of the reasons I never liked a lot AM Radio gr...One of the reasons I never liked a lot AM Radio growing up, was it was all manufactured crap for the lowest common denominator.<br /><br />Compared to Pat Boone, and Ringo Starr, these guys are doing OK :-)<br /><br />They all need to spend more than $30 on clothes if they want to be a real star like Bieber ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-55225854956283840982010-12-22T15:53:18.391-07:002010-12-22T15:53:18.391-07:00or maybe living in a bar 7 days a week...
I'm...<i>or maybe living in a bar 7 days a week...</i><br /><br />I'm thinkin' there are much more interesting people at the bar. I say this as someone who spent 16 years in the geek life.<br /><br />But: nice defense for the largely indefensible, Anon. It's tough work but <i>someone</i> has to do it. <b>;-)</b><br /><br />Kath and Deb: Yup!Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-22301661970718456282010-12-22T15:47:33.751-07:002010-12-22T15:47:33.751-07:00I would say at least a few were entertained judgin...I would say at least a few were entertained judging by the applause.<br /><br />Being a musician is one thing, but being an ensemble with many musicians takes practice.<br /><br />The instruments are no less valid than someone playing a bongo in an African tribe.<br /><br />So, while the whole thing doesn't do much for me, like anything Tammy Wynette did, doesn't do anything for me, I do see the value in people getting together to make music.<br /><br />Most would probably wish they were smoking dope, or shooting cocaine, or maybe living in a bar 7 days a week, but there are people out there that like being with their friends and doing wierd shit just to do wierd shit.<br /><br />We will all die, might as well do something creative before they make food out of you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-68053083873327857352010-12-22T14:34:08.611-07:002010-12-22T14:34:08.611-07:00Kath, I think that is the question that 'NO ON...Kath, I think that is the question that 'NO ONE is asking'! I was kinda speechless.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03989290418471519434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-92021713226707774822010-12-22T14:01:00.593-07:002010-12-22T14:01:00.593-07:00I just started watching -- what do we even need th...I just started watching -- what do we even need the people FOR?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />(wv -- FOOPERSH)Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08974038903187252059noreply@blogger.com