tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post7118453010158324128..comments2024-03-27T21:46:11.188+01:00Comments on Die or D.I.Y.?: Gil Mellé – "The Andromeda Strain (Original Electronic Soundtrack)" (Kapp Records – KRS 5513) 1971Jonny Zchivagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-31474643437507369162020-07-06T13:47:42.400+02:002020-07-06T13:47:42.400+02:00I'm afraid the Chimp idea is off....that chimp...I'm afraid the Chimp idea is off....that chimp has ran off to sea with my wife!<br />Nows the time for some Showaddywaddy I think!?Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-43656663243881937692020-07-06T13:15:02.557+02:002020-07-06T13:15:02.557+02:00I astounded one dealer at a Leicester VIP record f...I astounded one dealer at a Leicester VIP record fair by purchasing "A Big Dog.n" by Jody & The Creams from him. Quite taken aback that anyone would know about / understand / be interested in etc etc. If I still had that on vinyl I would be filing that next to my Showaddywaddy LPs in the spirit of eclecticism.Jim Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13133401169156367865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-35022027930721629992020-07-05T23:57:52.040+02:002020-07-05T23:57:52.040+02:00Sorry Jim, I accidently deleted your last message,...Sorry Jim, I accidently deleted your last message,where you signified your shame of coming from Leicester......everyone comes from Leicester these days,that is, until the re-lockdown.<br />I remember buying some records from a bloke from outer town,who had a stall in the market one day a week. I said i'll have these...La Dusseldorf's third album, Mr Spocks "Music From Outer Space", and Archie Shepps "Yasmina ,A Black Woman".....the bloke said, "You know what you lot from Leicester are?"<br />I said, yes, but go ahead...<br />"Eclectic"......I was thinking scumbags,but, I think he may be right....yeah I like it!<br />Anyway another bloke from leicester, who ran that Ultima Thule Shop by the train station, is finding all this amusing apparently.....mainly laughing at the fact that I dunno what I'm talking about......sad thing is he's right....this is being written by a Chimp I picked up going cheap....just need that EMS Synthi 100 now,and we'll be quids in.....Andromeda Strain 2, knocked out in on all night session.<br />Yeah, never watch Solaris at night unless you have sleep problems.Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-22376702671502673732020-07-05T22:50:01.552+02:002020-07-05T22:50:01.552+02:00Anyway i'm going to stand my chimps at four pl...Anyway i'm going to stand my chimps at four plinths covered with a selection of twigs, marbles, coloured pencils, toy cars, etc. with a 3-D projection of floating bananas in the background...<br />Jim Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13133401169156367865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-22278073766351036642020-07-05T22:36:55.231+02:002020-07-05T22:36:55.231+02:00Loughborough College of Art & Design took us o...Loughborough College of Art & Design took us on a trip to Twycross Zoo once. The highlight of the Orangutans' day seemed to be when we arranged our pencils in groups of complimentary colours. <br /><br />I haven't been back since.<br /><br />But maybe I'll bag one of those to do the sleeve art.Jim Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13133401169156367865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-89191898691837557562020-07-02T15:24:22.976+02:002020-07-02T15:24:22.976+02:00For the record, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum were act...For the record, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum were actually chimps.parmaleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14166917258724450155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-87579994462015102002020-07-02T13:30:12.176+02:002020-07-02T13:30:12.176+02:00Ah! Twycross Zoo, that's where I had to avoid ...Ah! Twycross Zoo, that's where I had to avoid the slaiva of a chimp who gobbed at me from at least 50 metres away with incredible accuracy,for making monkey gestures in his direction....i had to side-step it with haste.Respect.<br />He's in the band if he's for sale in their Co-Vid clear out?<br />We just need four to make a human league tribute band...the Proto-Human League. Chimps aren't interested in money so we'd clean up....and i don't mean clean up the chimp shit after the gig either.....could do a Pet Shop Chimps band called 'Homo-Erectus' too....the world is ours!Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-31601720434424130982020-07-02T11:15:40.293+02:002020-07-02T11:15:40.293+02:00Regarding Depeche Mode, I always had my suspicions...Regarding Depeche Mode, I always had my suspicions about Andy Fletcher. Maybe I need to go up to Twycross and save one of the tea party chimps to front my next musical project, seeing as I can't be arsed to do it myself.<br />Jim Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13133401169156367865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-21227816677128289292020-07-02T11:09:25.434+02:002020-07-02T11:09:25.434+02:00Unfortunately since Twycross Zoo has fallen into f...Unfortunately since Twycross Zoo has fallen into financial difficulties, the tea party chimps are in danger of being put down. Where will we get our chimps then?Jim Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13133401169156367865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-47241462106537067522020-07-02T06:43:25.453+02:002020-07-02T06:43:25.453+02:00A vintage synth chimp tea-party... only in my drea...A vintage synth chimp tea-party... only in my dreams I’ve always thought. This thread has made me believe it's now inevitable. I only need to be prepared. Can one ever be prepared for that sort of thing? Does it matter? Lovely blog this.rev.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-66110523000147020752020-07-02T01:35:23.549+02:002020-07-02T01:35:23.549+02:00Whew! For a second I thought it was going to be sp...Whew! For a second I thought it was going to be spherical with bunch of little spikes on it.Kzkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03073653499580230488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-8550785924151694812020-07-01T19:21:28.167+02:002020-07-01T19:21:28.167+02:00@philip S....i think the problem now is getting th...@philip S....i think the problem now is getting the Chimps...they're endangered and as a result, rather expensive.<br />Would love to see a Vintage Synth Chimps Tea-Party...and record it.....or maybe i've already seen it...Depeche Mode I think it was called?Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-74941143108255215362020-07-01T17:55:15.173+02:002020-07-01T17:55:15.173+02:00Gil Melle also did the theme music for Rod Serling...Gil Melle also did the theme music for Rod Serling's Night Gallery - no "electronics" to excite the old-gear fetishists, but unusual in that it's the same bit repeated over and over half a dozen times.Philip Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-45762914790969796942020-07-01T16:16:09.896+02:002020-07-01T16:16:09.896+02:00When Behringer get their affordable clone out late...When Behringer get their affordable clone out later this year we can have that chimps tea party with a whole bunch of VCS3s- in the meantime working on something that sounds very similarPhilip Sandersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00170394572672030557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-89402312865202227652020-07-01T12:51:55.883+02:002020-07-01T12:51:55.883+02:00@ Christos...did you even read my blurb? I said it...@ Christos...did you even read my blurb? I said it was perfect etc...only it could have been made by chimps,with a little editing maybe.a reference to how easy it is to make music like this,especially now,it wasn't easy in the 70's because the equipment was so expensive<br />this was not a slag off my friend..Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-35462248016554762892020-07-01T10:20:31.330+02:002020-07-01T10:20:31.330+02:00This time -a very rare moment- you are totally wro...This time -a very rare moment- you are totally wrong, my friend. This electronic OST is probably the best, or at least one of the very very best, in the whole history of abstract-allienesque-electronic experimentation! Brilliant and perfect - no BEBE bubbles, no HENRY monkey business... <br />To cut the long strory short, if you know Conny Schnitzler, Derbyshire, Cluster, Throbbing Gristle, Subotnick or NWW <br />and YOU DON'T KNOW "ANDROMEDA STRAIN" <br />you know nothing...<br /><br />Sorry - Christos Tsanakas.CHRISTOS TSANAKASnoreply@blogger.com