From episode 1 to 76, Mr. Douglas seems pretty down to earth, even if his head is a little bit stuck in the clouds. But in episode 77 - "No Trespassing", we unfortunately learn that Oliver is insane to the point of hallucination.
Two Interesting Prog Rock Docs
Here's another one worth your time:
Can't Belive I'm Watching The Police Live
This is ...just an amazing 80s artifact, if nothing else. I can't look away ...and I feel totally OK about that.
Nice Collection of 70's Sci-Fi Intros
Sure, the stupid shit is funny, but there's some really dope 70's imagery and music as well. Dig it.
Sci-Fi TV Series Fails
Sci-Fi TV Series Fails
A couple of talks relating to shamanism and the dogma of science
I enjoy questioning my own beliefs or what might better be stated as opinions. These two videos kind of threw me for a loop.
Graham Hancock
Rupert Sheldrake
Graham Hancock
Rupert Sheldrake
Soft Machine Featuring No Original Members
I think it was Christian Death. Over twenty years ago. They were probably the first band I had ever heard of having a dispute over a band name and the subsequent rights to tour under said name. Never being a Christian Death fan, the debate didn't interest me, but I thought the idea was interesting.
Even earlier I remember seeing Kiss play live. Not the original line up of course. Lick It Up was the single, so I want to say Eric Carr era maybe? Truthfully I was there because WASP was opening. Original line up(hee hee). But my point is is saw Kiss live. And Kiss is Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley right? They were there. Playing live.
Fast forward twenty years or so and I find myself a Soft Machine fan. I wont go into them here but let's just say the band had a lot of line up changes over the years. And I mean to the strange point where there were no original members in the band. At all.
Like most fans, my obsession with Soft Machine consists of the Robert Wyatt era and their early recordings. The handful of records I have with their later line-ups(Mike being the only original member at this point)are not bad in any way, just clearly different. Clearly missing that early sound and fully focused on Jazz and Fusion. Let's just say I'd rather buy a Soft Machine bootleg from 1970 for sixty dollars than a five dollar copy of a 1977 studio recording I don't have yet. Not that I wouldn't buy any Soft Machine vinyl I came across mind you, but if I found both in a bin..OK I guess I'd buy them both.
All of this comes from the fact that I just watched this footage of Soft Machine playing live with no original members. It made me feel weird. Sure some of the players have been in the band for a few years, but Mike isn't even in his own band at this point. And I'm pretty sure Robert came up with the name(it's taken from a Burroughs novel)in the first place, and he hadn't been in the band in years at this point although he did leave the band and I guess the name behind.
Beyond those thoughts I have nothing. I just think it's weird.
Even earlier I remember seeing Kiss play live. Not the original line up of course. Lick It Up was the single, so I want to say Eric Carr era maybe? Truthfully I was there because WASP was opening. Original line up(hee hee). But my point is is saw Kiss live. And Kiss is Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley right? They were there. Playing live.
Fast forward twenty years or so and I find myself a Soft Machine fan. I wont go into them here but let's just say the band had a lot of line up changes over the years. And I mean to the strange point where there were no original members in the band. At all.
Like most fans, my obsession with Soft Machine consists of the Robert Wyatt era and their early recordings. The handful of records I have with their later line-ups(Mike being the only original member at this point)are not bad in any way, just clearly different. Clearly missing that early sound and fully focused on Jazz and Fusion. Let's just say I'd rather buy a Soft Machine bootleg from 1970 for sixty dollars than a five dollar copy of a 1977 studio recording I don't have yet. Not that I wouldn't buy any Soft Machine vinyl I came across mind you, but if I found both in a bin..OK I guess I'd buy them both.
All of this comes from the fact that I just watched this footage of Soft Machine playing live with no original members. It made me feel weird. Sure some of the players have been in the band for a few years, but Mike isn't even in his own band at this point. And I'm pretty sure Robert came up with the name(it's taken from a Burroughs novel)in the first place, and he hadn't been in the band in years at this point although he did leave the band and I guess the name behind.
Beyond those thoughts I have nothing. I just think it's weird.
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