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rp314 · Post by **rp314** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:50 pm

William Breuker Kollektief-Hapsap.

emdot_ambient · Post by **emdot_ambient** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:57 pm

What do you call it when life imitates art imitating art imitating life?

I mean, Spianl Tap parodies 60s - 70s bands:

And then American Express uses the parody to sell more consumer debt:

Sick.

xoxos · Post by **xoxos** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:00 pm

"can't see my penis anymore" - a song about the tribulations of weight gain

emdot - do a search for "bad news" ("comic strip presents" - the "young ones" doing spinal tap before spinal tap)

emdot_ambient · Post by **emdot_ambient** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:07 pm

xoxos wrote:emdot - do a search for "bad news" ("comic strip presents" - the "young ones" doing spinal tap before spinal tap)

I've seen that one...they actually did 2 shows on Bad News. Slightly different twist to the shows...Bad News was a mockumentary on a wannabe heavy metal band. Spinal Tap was a mockumentary on a has-been pop-psychedelic-prog-heavy metal band.

Loved both of them.

My favorite part in Bad News was when they were discussing what they stuffed their tights with. One used cucumber, one used pyrotechnic charges...the character played by the actor who did Neal, the hippie, from Young Ones says...

"I don't like to use cucumber 'cause the juice drips all down your leg and fills your shoes up. I us brocolli. It has a much more interesting shape."

emdot_ambient · Post by **emdot_ambient** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:19 pm

Two songs from Peter Baumann's Romance '76 LP the year before he left Tangerine Dream. Questionable videos but I likes the songs.

I never had his Trans Harmonic Nights LP but the tracks I've heard from it aren't up to the Romance '76 standard and after this he tried to get all commercial, and failed and ultimately started the record company that brought us Yanni (EEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!).

clueless · Post by **clueless** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:33 pm

emdot_ambient wrote:Slightly different twist to the shows...Bad News was a mockumentary on a wannabe heavy metal band. Spinal Tap was a mockumentary on a has-been pop-psychedelic-prog-heavy metal band.

Spinal Tap (still) makes me laugh out loud, and cringe in recognition. Bad News makes me chuckle, and just cringe.

As for Bad News pre-dating Spinal Tap, "the Tap" first appeared as a TV sketch in the late 70's. Bad News was aired before Spinal Tap was released, but ST was shot in '82. If that sort of thing is significant to you.

emdot_ambient · Post by **emdot_ambient** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:07 pm

Until I heard Jethro Tull's Living in the Past album (which turned me on to rock in general), my musical taste could be boiled down to one artist...Herb Alpert.

And as this guy demonstrates, if you're going to get into something, you might as well go for broke, make a fool of yourself and just do it:

Of course he was also the "A" part of A&M Records...

SAMBA!

And the House Mix:

Just wish the video had been produced by Russ Meyer

BERFAB · Post by **BERFAB** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:16 pm

clueless wrote:
emdot_ambient wrote:Slightly different twist to the shows...Bad News was a mockumentary on a wannabe heavy metal band. Spinal Tap was a mockumentary on a has-been pop-psychedelic-prog-heavy metal band.
Spinal Tap (still) makes me laugh out loud, and cringe in recognition. Bad News makes me chuckle, and just cringe.

As for Bad News pre-dating Spinal Tap, "the Tap" first appeared as a TV sketch in the late 70's. Bad News was aired before Spinal Tap was released, but ST was shot in '82. If that sort of thing is significant to you.

For any Spinal Tap fans out there, I would strongly recommend getting the DVD. The movie is only about 90 minutes long, but the DVD has something like 4 or 5 hours of amazingly funny material that was cut from the movie, plus fake album promos and MTV vids, most of which never saw the light of day before the DVD was released. Worth it just to see Bruno Kirby (the limo driver) singing "My Way" in his underwear on top of a coffee table in the band's hotel suite.

Cheers
-B

emdot_ambient · Post by **emdot_ambient** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:28 pm

BERFAB wrote:
clueless wrote:
emdot_ambient wrote:Slightly different twist to the shows...Bad News was a mockumentary on a wannabe heavy metal band. Spinal Tap was a mockumentary on a has-been pop-psychedelic-prog-heavy metal band.
Spinal Tap (still) makes me laugh out loud, and cringe in recognition.
For any Spinal Tap fans out there, I would strongly recommend getting the DVD...Worth it just to see Bruno Kirby (the limo driver) singing "My Way" in his underwear on top of a coffee table in the band's hotel suite.

Using a pizza crust as his microphone.

There's a lot of extra material that fills in the story quite a bit in some rather unexpected directions. For example, the dual reason Nigel Tuffnell's replacement is fired from the band becomes clear, the relationship between Tuffnell and St. Hubbins is explored into the almost "too much information" degree, an autograph signing of Smell The Glove...black ink on a black album...

Very great stuff. I'd love to see a re-edited version of the film with all this extra stuff added in. It really fleshes out the story and is every bit as funny as the material that was left in.

Voidoid Surrealist · Post by **Voidoid Surrealist** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:02 pm

Not actually youtube (the sound and video is way better than youtube quality, actually), but I'm sticking it here anyway:

Charles Cohen improvises on the Buchla Music Easel

Muzik 4 Machines · Post by **Muzik 4 Machines** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:09 pm

BERFAB wrote:
clueless wrote:
emdot_ambient wrote:Slightly different twist to the shows...Bad News was a mockumentary on a wannabe heavy metal band. Spinal Tap was a mockumentary on a has-been pop-psychedelic-prog-heavy metal band.
Spinal Tap (still) makes me laugh out loud, and cringe in recognition. Bad News makes me chuckle, and just cringe.

As for Bad News pre-dating Spinal Tap, "the Tap" first appeared as a TV sketch in the late 70's. Bad News was aired before Spinal Tap was released, but ST was shot in '82. If that sort of thing is significant to you.
For any Spinal Tap fans out there, I would strongly recommend getting the DVD. The movie is only about 90 minutes long, but the DVD has something like 4 or 5 hours of amazingly funny material that was cut from the movie, plus fake album promos and MTV vids, most of which never saw the light of day before the DVD was released. Worth it just to see Bruno Kirby (the limo driver) singing "My Way" in his underwear on top of a coffee table in the band's hotel suite.

Cheers
-B

and they do the audio commentary track in character, very funny too

Pouckypluysch · Post by **Pouckypluysch** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:53 pm

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=InZNBcJTmWs

Every time I see it, it makes me laugh...

tconrardy · Post by **tconrardy** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 5:12 am

Laurie Spiegel Interviews!

She was way ahead of her time and everything she says can be applied today even though she said it in 1984!

Also, a fractal music thing she did. Very cool soundscape

and last but not least:
Laurie Spiegel Playing 1977 Bell Labs Hal Alles Synth

Tim

emdot_ambient · Post by **emdot_ambient** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:43 pm

Add N to X

Oops...part of that vid is NSFW. Viewer discretion is advised.

emdot_ambient · Post by **emdot_ambient** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:59 pm

tconrardy wrote:Laurie Spiegel...ect.

Thanks!

[EDIT]I wonder how many of those Hal Alles synths they built...and where can I get one!

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