peterfrederics
Thanks for your comments and totally understand what it’s like to be so busy! Really glad that emusers is here for the long term. I likewise listen to many of your tips and often for similar reasons. That is, to my mind, what makes this group so great to belong to.
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Australian Magpies down by the beach in Lorne
Australian magpies are larger, part of the butcherbird family, and renowned for complex, melodic songs. English magpies are smaller, in the crow (Corvidae) family, and have different plumage.<… -
Sunrise looking out of the window in Lorne this morning, along Australia’s Great Ocean Road
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March 11
Country Joe McDonald of Country Joe and the Fish, the San Francisco Bay Area psychedelic band best known for the anti-war anthem, "I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag.", particularly the version sung at Woodstock
in RIP Comment by peterfrederics March 9I am not normally a fan of Southern Rock but there are two massive exceptions. The first, it almost goes without saying, is The Allman Brothers Band and the second is the Drive-By Truckers.
Today I'm listening to their album "A Blessing a…(Quote) Thanks @jonahpwll for introducing us to this great album"Svefn-g-Englar" one of the earliest releases by Sigur Rós, an EP from 1999, with two tracks from the classic "Ágætis Byrjun" album plus two excellent live tracks.
All Music says "The first U.K. release for Iceland's Sigur Rós i…The support act was one of Australia's top blues players, Ash Grunwald.
You can see from the second photo that there is good reason why the venue is called the Forum with its pseudo Roman construction!in Rolling "How Was the Show" Thread Comment by peterfrederics March 2
Saw Christone "Kingfish" Ingram at the Forum Melbourne last night. He played for two hours in one of the best concerts I have seen in the last few years. He is undoubtedly one of the best, if not the best, blues guitarist of his generation."Topography of Mind", a newly issued progressive rock album by Telegraph. One of the best of its genre that I have heard for some time, particularly the first track which goes by the same name as the album title (link below).
in What are you listening to right now (on the floor, 25 or 6 to 4)? Comment by peterfrederics February 27"Komorebi" an ambient/electronic album by BPMoore, available on Bandcamp.
Komorebi translates from Japanese to describe the sensation of ‘sunlight filtering through the leaves of trees’.
in What are you listening to right now (on the floor, 25 or 6 to 4)? Comment by peterfrederics February 21"The Decline of British Sea Power" by British Sea Power
I totally agree with AMG which says "The Decline of British Sea Power is a wild musical ride that never stops delivering surprises and rare pleasures, and it was a fittingly remarkab…I upload all my music, from whatever source (vinyl, CDs, iTunes, Apple Music, eMusic et al), to the cloud. I then use wifi to access it on my iPhone, iPad and Apple Music for my iMac desktop. I use Bluetooth to connect in to cars, earphones, hearing…"Forty Years In the Blink of an Eye" by Wildflower.
An album that is amongst the most obscure of the obscure. As the album cover says "The World's Greatest Lost Band". An excellent Hard/Psychedelic Rock album with barely a weak track.
We have had a strange summer along the Great Ocean Road in Australia with floo…(Quote) I must say I also rather like @Plong42's suggestion!Rob Hirst, drummer of Australian group Midnight Oil.
He was a highly accomplished drummer and wrote some of the group's most insightful and highly regarded songs. He was particularly respected for his thoughtful support of the aboriginal …In memory of Ralph Towner (see @jonahpwll post on RIP).
The outstanding Jazz Rock/Fusion Oregon album from 1972, "Music of Another Present Era". Innovative and very …One of my 2025 favourites is Ambient Den's self titled debut album. It is a heady combination of Progressive, Psychedelic and Space Rock with a touch of Ambient and hints of Pink Floyd.
in What are you listening to right now (on the floor, 25 or 6 to 4)? Comment by peterfrederics January 20(Quote) Rather like your line of logic @rostasi! Why don't we change it for this year to "on the floor, 26 or 5 to 4"!
There are, of course, 26 letters in the latin/english alphabet so how about something long the lines of:“Everything begins with 26 letters.”
“The world is written with 26 letters.”
“With 26 letters, anything can be…
In celebration of Bob Weir.
My two favourite Grateful Dead albums. "Anthem of the Sun" from the height of their Psychedelic period in 1968 and one of their great live performances, "Dick's Picks, Vol. 4: Fillmore East", recorded on Feb 13…Great discussion about AI and ChatGPT which just goes to underline why I enjoy eMusers!
Along the lines that @Germanprof suggests above, you may recall that back in…A big thanks to @rostasi for introducing us to "Just A Poke" by Sweet Smoke back in 2015.
An outstanding album and having heard it, I immediately bought the double al…"Tago Mago" and "Future Days", early 1970s Krautrock albums by German band Can.
I would have loved to have heard them live.
All Music says "Influential German group Can brought an improvisatory approach to rock music,…You are quite correct @Germanprof, you have to be really careful how you use ChatGPT etc. if you want to derive the desired benefits.
