......Three years ago today i signed on to the MOG after reading posts for a couple of days. I knew nothing, zero, zilch...about computers. My daughter had set me up with a password on her laptop & had taught me how to search for things.........Bob Dylan was the first search i did & somehow in all the thousands & thousands of entries that just boggled my mind..i clicked on one & i was reading ...
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...This song, from King Crimson's early mid-period phase, is as frenzied as a plitical party tryin to rush through legislation that no one has read.........By This Time Robert Fripp had it all figured out.....his frenzied short circuit guitar buzz would soon morph into Frippatronics....But with each successive release we became more convinced we'd heard it all before 60 % of Americans believ...
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Back in the mid 80's I started reading a magazine that focused only on CD's, ICE. It was aimed at music junkies, audiophiles, and early CD adopters. I got it for the release dates they would list months in advance, so I could drool over first time on CD stuff, but I did read the articles as well, and King Crimson was often a topic.Reviewers and Fans of King Crimson never held back on how great...
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.....There's something happening here......The Grassroots opposition to Obamacare is scaring the bejesus out of the left wing of The Democrat Party. As Congress is in recess Senators & Representatives are finding hostile resistance to Obamacare throughout a broad swath of the body politic. In state after state, "town meeting" after town meeting, the people are letting their voices be heard. ...
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As I head out to party my boney ass off I have high expectations (nyuk, nyuk). At my parties music is always an integral part of the proceedings. Oh, the first half of the day will be a fairly typical PG rated cookout with burgers, dogs, & chips & stuff. (Chilli, chicken wings, myriad salads, beans, rabbitt, & who knows what folks will bring) But as the day blends into late afternoon, ear...
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King Crimson was a whole new thing in 1969. In a year that saw wild explosive growth in every direction...King Crimson existed on a plane of their own. Light years ahead of pop radio fare, they soon became a staple on FM radio stations...which in many instances were very progressive, although no one would have said that at the time.
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By their fourth album King Crimson was running out of steam. The elaborate compositions were becoming more stripped down even as they further pushed various envelopes. Robert Fripp's fascination with what "else" a guitar could sound like was already well on it's way to becoming obsessive as he constantly sought new ways to record what he heard in his head. This is not a very good cd as more th...
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We are a new global concern dedicated to spreading mayhem. We are looking for someone who is located anywhere to the left of Lebanon, KS and to the right of the Indian Ocean (approximate antipode). To be Co-Control of an assassination force par excellence. Skills required:Blood Lust.Humor (preferably black or lack of).Did I say Blood Lust?Knowledge of MOG.Ability to lick a stamp and write legib...
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In addition to having its own style, progressive rock tends to have cornered the market on a couple of instruments. These are perfectly normal instruments, not custom-made one of a kinds, that over the years have just become associated with prog through its use by certain iconic figres or bands. While they might be normal, these instruments never really punched their way into mainstream music...
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I've covered most of the "main" styles of prog. The few remaining ones, for one reason or another, are styles that I don't feel I should include in these pages. Some, like prog metal, I don't really know much about, as I've never really got into it (not that I won't ever, but it just hasn't happened yet). Some, like fusion and, to a lesser extant, ambient music, are probably ones that many of...
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Cody B's excellent post on the funkiness of prog masters King Crimson brought to my mind a couple of other tunes they did. In the early 80s King Crimson put out three amazing albums, all chock full of high-intensity energy, dance grooves, fast strumming, and intricate rhythms. They redefined prog rock as it was then known, and turned the musical world on its ears.That seems a bit hyperbolic, ...
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Press play on the old MOG player. Press pause. Let it buffer for a while. That might stop the music hiccups.There have been a lot of great comments flowing around these parts here lately. Keep 'em coming, y'all! In my last post, our lovely Annie Ander asked where my online name, Groon, comes from. She posited it would be an interesting tale. Sadly, Annie, that is not the case. As it hap...
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The mid-1970's line up of King Crimson has been much touted around these parts, my MOG page being no exception. I've posted some of their stuff already, and far be it from me to beat something to death, but I wanted to talk briefly about their live performance. There are hundreds of bootlegs from this lineup in existence, most of questionable quality, but the demand always seems to be there. ...
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BOOK REPORTThis guy is fairly well known for his bleak and reclusive perspectives of humanity. And his novel that has struck me with due effect recently. This guy also wrote something everyone has heard of lately, being the author of the book _No Country For Old Men_, which of course is a well regarded film at the moment. Ok, the film is mainly a Cohen Bros. enterprise, but that cut throat and ...
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Listen to the mixwit. It's not a mix, just one song. In the beginning, do you here the beautiful strings? Chances are, you've heard that sound and instrument before but didn't know exactly what you were hearing. It's not strings, although it sounds like it. It's not a synthesizer, although it is a keyboard. It's the mellotron. The mellotron is one of the most unusual keyboards ever devi...
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