Jem is writing a new Frost* track!

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AdmiralB

#45
August 28, 2011, 07:59:22 PM
Sorry to disappoint, but it's B as in Treasure island, if that's not too much of a clue.

I do know of the Frost* reports, but when I last looked there had been some legal shennanigans brought about about by the estate of Marty Feldman, curse his eyes. Oops, sorry about that. I will look again nevertheless.

Boasters? Far too expensive for AdmiralB's household I'm afraid. And when I said "plain" I meant as in chocolate. Scrummy.

gr8gonzo

#46
August 28, 2011, 08:55:39 PM
So, Admiral, tell us some more of your musical preferences. Any other 21st century prog catch your ear?
...and I can feel the world is turning...turn around

AdmiralB

#47
August 28, 2011, 11:08:08 PM
This is the second time I've written this. Anyway, lots of 21st Century prog has come to my attention. Big Big Train of course, the reason why I've dipped my big toe back into the prog water. Scandinavian prog like Karmakanic, Galleon and Magic Pie. Transatlantic, although I'm a little concerned about Neal Morse and his conversion to the old time religion. And Anathema, the last record from them was a bit of a gem.

Having heard John mitchell's contribution to Frost* I have started to look at his back catalogue. I've recently picked up " A ten years of" Arena, which is ok. This will not stop me from picking up a Kino cd however.

I will also be picking up Karnataka's Gathering Light or the last one from Magenta. The bass player from a band a colleague of mine from work plays in has apparently joined them, Magenta that is.

I think that's enough to be going on with, isn't it?

gr8gonzo

#48
August 29, 2011, 02:01:23 AM
For now. :D

I see the vein you've tapped into. Arena doesn't really fit. Kino is recommended, as is It Bites (as far as Mitchell's concerned). I quite like the latest Karmakanic and Magic Pie. I like Galleon musically, but am put off by the vocals. Based on your other mentions, may I suggest Tin Spirits, Wobbler, Unitopia and maybe even Comedy of Errors?
...and I can feel the world is turning...turn around

Pedro

#49
August 29, 2011, 07:28:05 AM
Admiral, your colleague is a Godstick? Cool. Really looking forward to seeing/hearing Magenta live again.
Are you aware of Gonzo's internet radio show? Saturday nights, 9pm - Midnight (UK), plays some brilliant stuff and a few of us have great fun in the live chat. The only downside is that it makes you want to buy stuff! :)
"Putting food on the table is more important than 7/8"

AdmiralB

#50
August 29, 2011, 10:00:23 AM
Oh yeah, I forot to mention Wobbler (the Scandinavian link) and Unitopia. You're right about the Galleon vocals, not the best, but the music. I'll certainly give Tin Spirits a go along with Comedy of Errors.

A Godstick? You've got me there unless of course you mean bass player. The bass player isn't a colleague of mine it's the vocalist of the band. I've never seen the band what with my gammy leg I don't get out much nowadays. Damn the war.

Pedro

#51
August 29, 2011, 10:45:32 AM
Quote from: "AdmiralB"The bass player from a band a colleague of mine from work plays in has apparently joined them, Magenta that is.
Sorry if I'm misunderstanding. Godsticks' bass player and drummer have become Magenta's Daryl & Chester, so I assumed your colleague is a Godstick.
"Putting food on the table is more important than 7/8"

AdmiralB

#52
August 29, 2011, 03:34:05 PM
Perhaps the feller I work with is telling me porkies. Mind you I don't know the name of his band, so it could be Godstick. I'll ask him when I see him on the morrow.

EVP

#53
August 30, 2011, 02:37:25 AM
DId someone just say FROST*?

Oh and a big plutonic hug too all of you lovely fellow frosties both afar and in the drenched
and wind-worn Eastern US. I hope all of you are doing well these days. The last time I posted
here I was going through some troubled personal times but alas I'm coming out on the other side.

I have actually been following Jem's blog and I think it's good that he's feeling better and I welcome
whatever output may come from his recent writing. I wouldn't expect an album out of this though.
I wonder if maybe the move back to Sussex is making him feel back home musically perhaps?

A i said in the one 'farewell' post a while back, I always believe that if you leave something you've worked
hard at and it's something you loved to do and it's had a positive effect on people, you will eventually
come back to it later some day.

Maybe if time allows Jem will drop by?

Pedro

#54
August 30, 2011, 06:23:55 AM
Welcome back....we've kept your wing chair, dusted and polished. :)
"Putting food on the table is more important than 7/8"

AdmiralB

#55
August 30, 2011, 07:57:52 PM
Here's the SP on the bass player from my colleagues band. Yes he was(is?) the bass player with Godstick. He joined them 18 months ago from my colleagues band which is called "The Alliance".

He still, apparently, played with "The Alliance" even when a member of "Godstick". According to my colleague his name is Dan he is 18 and very talented. So I don't know him and already I hate him on two levels. Only joking. or am I. All the very best Dan in the new incarnation of Magenta.

Pedro

#56
August 30, 2011, 08:41:25 PM
I've seen and enjoyed Godsticks a few times, not yet seen them with the new back line, but I hear that the new guys have been very impressive in Magenta rehearsals. Excited to see both bands together.
"Putting food on the table is more important than 7/8"

Mouse

#57
August 31, 2011, 08:44:41 PM
Hi there, EVP! Hope you'll be coming out of those hard times soon, sir. You know that there are plenty of biscuits here if you want them.  :)

Admiral, I think it's perfectly OK to hate those younger than you who possess an awful lot of talent. Dan from Godsticks is certainly one, that big girl Henry Rogers from Touchstone and DeeExpus is another... b*stards, the lot of 'em...  ;)  :lol:

EVP

#58
September 02, 2011, 02:20:44 AM
Ya know I actually have been craving biscuits lately now that you mention it.
I lost a few (american)pounds over the summer going on hikes in the hills of
upstate NY. Time to gain some back  :)

While I'm thinking of it, has anyone heard from rogerg? Vermont got hit particularly hard
from hurricane/tropical storm Irene with massive flooding and bridges have been wiped clean
in some areas. Hopefully he and his family are doing alright.

rogerg

#59
September 02, 2011, 02:36:45 AM
I'm here!

we, personally, were completely spared, but our town was really hit hard.  lots of homes and businesses lost, and school opening has been delayed until next week.  really amazing amount of water went through.  so many towns devastated and cut off, they're having to fly in supplies and it will be months before some services are restored.  many bridges lost and so many roads destroyed.  I've been lucky in my life to never have gone through a major disaster like this, and hope to never again.  we were very lucky in that very few lives were lost, it could have been so much worse.  but people are tough, and everyone is pitching in, and things will return to normal eventually.  lives have been changed, though.

thanks for thinking of me!!
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