And yes, that is Ashra's "Correllations" in the background.

I suspect one third of the money raised from this new AI-nthology series is to pay for Yoko's throat surgery: at 92, she can't scream for 20+ minutes like she used to. One third goes towards record a new solo album of artistic screaming, and the rest to bribe someone at EMI into releasing it 😆

It's one of the reasons I abandoned Windows long ago and use Linux on my home computer. It's a steep learning curve, and its creative software - while free - is on the basic side. However, it does at least run on the principle that you bought the computer, you should have full control over it.

... that still somehow manages to capture and sell your personal data 😆

My wife won't let me listen to Gong in the car, even when she's not a passenger. Merely listening to their music is as intoxicating as any mind-altering drug, apparently. I'm only allowed the Pierre Moerlen-fronted albums. I'm beginning to suspect she has a thing for Frenchmen with high cheekbones 😜

Okay - not as good as they do on "Incantations" - but that was DESIGNED to be a double vinyl. "Amarok" wasn't, but still works surprisingly well as one. Personally, I'd have started Side 4 a bit later, so it begins with the "Africa" segment heard on "Elements", but that would be nitpicking.

Definitely. Back in the early days of Facebook, it was essentially a version of "Friends Reunited", a UK site that reunited former classmates etc., that you didn't have to pay for. It was social media, with the emphasis on "social". All I see on it today is 70+ year-olds reacting to AI slop.

And 2 years later, another band achieved their first hit single, also on the back of "Minder"

youtu.be/9UCoul5SRzA?...

I'd left positive feedback as, overall, I was still very happy with the service overall and the other records in the order, but he said it was "misleading" and was starting to get argumentative as he couldn't see or hear the issues himself. Feedback removed. Line drawn. Customer lost.

The seller seemed affronted by my comments they were "scratched up". One was an ex-library copy that had been loaned out dozens of times - nowhere NEAR the Near Mint grade he gave it. The other definitely wasn't VG+ either, it had not been well looked-after and had a noticeable jump. ⬇️

"Replay value" sounds a bit analytical. Replace with "timeless quality".

I'd heard they were only gigging throughout the London/South East area. If they're willing to venture into Wales, there's hope for Birmingham yet 😆

While you're at the Pete Roth Trio gig, could you use whatever the Prog-related equivalent of the "Jedi Mind Trick" is to convince them to tour the Midlands please? As much as I would love to see Bruford perform before he retires (again), It takes me a good 2.5hrs just to reach the M25 circle 😂