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Roger Waters

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George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and composer. He is best known for his 1965–1985 career with the band Pink Floyd (he was credited as their main songwriter, after the departure of Syd Barrett), bass player and one of their lead vocalists (along with David Gilmour and, to a lesser extent, Rick Wright). He was also the lyrical mastermind behind many of the band's concept albums, especially The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall, and The Final Cut, and their well known symbols including the Pink Floyd pigs and the marching hammers. Following this, he began a moderately successful solo career releasing three studio albums and staging one of the largest concerts ever, The Wall Concert in Berlin in 1990. In 2005 he released an opera, Ça Ira, and joined Pink Floyd at the Live 8 concert in London, on 2 July 2005, for their first public performance with Waters in 24 years. In 1965, Roge

David Gilmour

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David Jon Gilmour was born on 6th March 1946 in Cambridge, England, the second child of Douglas Gilmour, a senior lecturer in Zoology at the University and Sylvia, a teacher. Best known as guitarist, vocalist and writer with Pink Floyd, he is also renowned for his solo work and collaborations with other artists including Kate Bush, Paul McCartney, and Pete Townshend. David Gilmour and Roger 'Syd' Barrett met as children in Cambridge and later, whilst studying at the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology, began playing guitar together. In 1965 they spent a summer hitchhiking and busking around the South of France before Syd joined Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Rick Wright to form Pink Floyd, and David continued playing with his own band Jokers Wild, subsequently touring Europe with Flowers, and later Bullitt. David was asked to augment the Pink Floyd line up as the singer and guitarist in 1967, only for Syd to leave the group five gigs later, struggling with mental illnes

Biografie Pink Floyd

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La mijlocul anului 1965, în incinta colegiului universitar din Cambridge (Anglia), studenţii la arhitectură Roger Waters , Nick Mason împreună cu Richard Wright, pianist, student la Conservator, alcătuiesc împreună o formaţie care se va numi pe rând Sigma 6, The Meggadeaths, The Screaming Abdabs, The Abdabs şi T-Set împreuna cu Juliette Gale la voce şi cu chitaristul de jazz Bob Klose. Neavând succes, Waters apelează la prietenul său, Roger "Syd" Barett, student la arte plastice. Acestuia i se datorează noua titulatură a trupei, provenita din combinaţia prenumelor a doi interpreţi de blues: Pink Anderson şi Floyd Council. Cei patru combinau acordurile de blues cu improvizaţii free-jazz. De asemenea, nu lipseau efectele de lumini şi cunoscutele explozii pirotehnice. Un nou gen se născuse: "rock psihedelic". După un an, în 1966 ei se despart de managerul Mike Leonard şi de Bob Klose, care intrase în conflict cu Barrett. Pink Floyd sunt ascultaţi într-o seară la un con

A definition of Progressive Rock Music-Part III

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Progressive rock compositions sometimes take the following forms: * A piece that is subdivided into movements in the manner of a classical suite. Examples are the four-part "Close to the Edge" by Yes, six-part "Hemispheres" by Rush, and the seven-part "A Change of Seasons" by Dream Theater. All of TransAtlantic's epics are multipart. * A piece that is composed of a patchwork of musical themes that could conceivably stand as individual songs, but together serve to relate a complete narrative through music. Examples are "Supper's Ready" on Genesis' Foxtrot (the "Willow Farm" section of which was played as a single), "A Day in the Life" on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles, Jethro Tull's Aqualung from the album of the same name, and "The Gates of Delirium" on Yes's album Relayer (from which the single "Soon" was taken). * A piece that allows the development of musical

A definition of Progressive Rock Music-Part II

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Some common, though not universal, elements of progressive rock include: * Long compositions, sometimes running over 20 minutes, with intricate melodies and harmonies that require repeated listening to grasp. These are often described as epics and are the genre's clearest nod to classical music. An early example is the 23-minute "Echoes" by Pink Floyd. Other famous examples include Jethro Tull's "Thick as a Brick" (43 minutes), Yes' "Close to the Edge" (18 minutes) and Genesis' "Supper's Ready" (23 minutes). More recent extreme examples are the 60-minute "Light of Day, Day of Darkness" by Green Carnation and "Garden of Dreams" by The Flower Kings. * Lyrics that convey intricate and sometimes impenetrable narratives, covering such themes as science fiction, fantasy, history, religion, war, love, and madness. Many early 1970s progressive rock bands (especially German ones) featured lyrics concerned with l

Very simply and quickly

This, cos a few people have been asking me how did this whole thing came about. Dreams do come true if you want them so badly to come true. a.) Always wanted to watch a match in Australia. b.) Always dreamt for the winning side to be India. c.) One hope was Star Cricket's Dream Job.That's now a footnote.Crashed out of the final 18. d.) In the Aussie summer of 2008, only 2 matches were to go before the best-of-3 finals. e.) Received a call from History Channel, asking would I like to go to Brisbane for the second final cos I'd won their online quiz. Yep, it's true. If you do want things so so badly in your life, I guess they do come to you, sooner or later...Visa prayers got answered and the rest is history! Thank God!We often say that but this time I do mean it more than any other time I've said it. And for the record, that match did turn out to be the last match of the Ozzie summer of 2008 and the last tri-series final in Australia. Amen! Next stop: South Africa!

The Proclamation

A potpourri of emotions, an expression, a movement and then... "Oye!" The admonishment and then back to normalcy. Looking for a script to expand the above.

Mix tape List

In case you don't already know about this .... check it out. So here's a new playlist idea... Excellent Beginnings. This is totally by taste, but the goal is to put together a list of songs that start off mind-blowingly great. The intro can be 5 or 50 seconds, but it has to be something that starts transcendentally kick-ass, and defines the song. A song that's power is absolute from the beginning. It's hard to make a long list, but I bet you all can come up with a few. If you don't know where to begin, start by listening to Green Day's "When I Come Around". The first 8 seconds are music history 101. Guitar + bass + drums = melt you like butter. K, Go!

Lately

See below for pics of my latest (long overdue) vacation. I got to see good friends Brett & Charmaine and spend some quality time with my cuz & Kailine (sp.?). Meanwhile, Stu is getting his face smashed in on his (my) bike -- I'll post a pic when I get one -- and our house is getting robbed by some fucking tweaker. Stu's digital camera is out there somewhere, so keep an eye out, and in the meantime I'm creeped out because the perp climbed in through my window. Not to worry though, because I bought some pepper spray and I've got my trusty Mexican Beatin' Stick. Fucking Bleh... On a better note, check out this magazine . Serendipity brought this to me and I want it be as influential for all of you... you can find in print (the old school way) at VX and Northtown, but only if you hurry. If you're looking for diversion, I can easily spend 2+ hours looking at the do's and don'ts at vice . Use at your discretion. Here's some Movies I would recommend

Well, Shit.

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It's been a while since I updated, and I'm falling asleep at the keyboard, but here's what I've been doing... Lookin' good... Cosmic Golfing Fishing And studying a menu For More jump here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/17666211@N04/

Enough of...

I'm done with what women want. Now I want to dwell on what men want. I think in one phrase, a "pick-me-up" kind of friend. If I'm down, pick-me-up. If I'm high, take me higher OTIS Elevators? The finest in business???

Phenomenal, what else?

Excepting the World Cup final in 1983, was this our greatest ODI win ever? Brisbane, 4th March, 2008 I was there! The last match of the Australian summer of '08... :-)

ABC Song List!

I finally finished my Alphabet challenge... It was tough. Frustrating at times when you have to bump stuff you want to fit some that actually works, and towards the end I was really sweatin' it to find songs that were actually good. It's kind of cool to be forced to use the B-side songs of bands you like. It forces you to listen to songs I haven't put on everyone's mix tapes 7 times before. It's kind of a shame to print it without the actual songs accompanying because I'm sure there are songs you guys don't know of yet, and it won't flow, but I figure I'll make a few CD's of it and pass them out to interested parties. There's no photobucket for music, I guess because record companies are all in a tizzy. Even a youtube style site would be really cool but that would be very difficult to legally maintain. So in the meantime you'll have read it and email me if you want a copy. Here it is folks... A tmosphere -- One of a Kind Jorge B en -- Xic
Wow, I have as many pictures on here of Will Arnett as I do of Rachael....
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I have an idea for a list that I propose everyone compile. It's a combination of something I love and a time-tested listographical form. I call it the Alphabet Song List. Here are the guidelines. Using the English alphabet, you find a band name that starts with each letter (excluding articles) and one song for each band that starts with each letter (excluding articles). You end up with one band for each of the 26 letters, and for each band on the list, you have to pick one song they have performed that also begins with each letter of the alphabet. You cannot repeat letters. Ihope my explanation is sufficient. The end result is two lists that coincide. And the best part is that it should be an amazing mix-tape... CD... playlist.. podcast whatever the fuck. Anyway, It's a list and a show and I'd love to hear everyone's. I still haven't fully completed mine. I'm updating this a bit for clarification. This is taken from a dialogue Jamie and I had... There's 26

movies

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Is That all I talk about? I guess it's just a conversation filler because, yes, I work at a movie store. Oh, I watch them occasionally. I usually enjoy them. Because I'm careful about what I watch and generally go for my preconcieved enjoyable "genres". Here's a Ranking: Comedy...lowbrow, independent, romantic, blue, I like it all Sci-Fi... yeah. Horror... I guess... I don't really like to be scared but I like fantasy bizarre-ness and this "genre" has the most creativity... Mostly zombies, monsters, and cheesepuff slasher bullshit. Ahh, and westerns. I like most westerns I see. Cuz it's... history, accurately represented... And everything else falls into the same mostly unused category: Drama, stuffy drama, period piece, biopic, arthouse, foreign arthouse, romance, east coast gangster barf, new wave, french new wave, italian new wave, croatian third wave.... blah blah blah. not to say I don't pretty much like every movie I see, I just