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« Reply #140 on: May 31, 2009, 07:09:38 PM » |
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1. Who are you and where are you from?
A very good evening to you, Sir Robert! I'm Axel and I live in Britain's oldest town: Colchester.
2. What made you join Talkawhile?
The voices - they made me do it!
3. What do you know of Fairport Convention and/or Cropredy if anything?
I believe they are a popular beat combo. Known to frequent an ancient battlefield on an occasional basis for the purpose of minstrelsy and mild rabble-rousing.
4. What kind of music do you like?
Good music - I'm not very comfortable with genres though - name any one genre and I dislike most of what it includes. There's a bit of something I enjoy in most music though, as long as it's played well and with enjoyment. I don't like cover bands (what's the point?) or people who sing miserable stuff (I want to be entertained). I like: Stravinsky, Psychic TV, Anubian Lights, Barbarins Fourchus, Robert Calvert, Daevid Allen, Can, Comus, Zappa etc. etc.
5. What was the last gig/festival/recital/concert that you attended? What was it like?
That would've been a group called The Day Of The Sirens, they played The Oliver Twist last week. It was noisy and full of young scamps.
6. What was the last CD that you bought? Would you recommend it?
Stars And Stripes by Robert Calvert. I would thoroughly recommend this to everyone. Robert Calvert was a true one-off, and this remastered double CD is a great example of the Captain at work.
7. “Tonight, Sir Robert, I am going to be my all time favourite singer, Robert Calvert and I will
sing: ' Lord Of The Hornets' (don't think I'd be able to do it justice, though)
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« Reply #141 on: May 31, 2009, 07:26:26 PM » |
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Welcome Axel I can see you are making yourself comfortable and beginning to have a natter.. Good good  I reckon you'll find some fellow Zappa-liking bods here.. Excellent Jude |
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« Reply #142 on: May 31, 2009, 09:24:19 PM » |
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Welcome Axel,
Nice Moggy - although you can't recognise it as such from the photo.
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« Reply #143 on: May 31, 2009, 10:22:50 PM » |
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Hey, it makes my car look modern  Paul |
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Axel Ostermann
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« Reply #144 on: June 03, 2009, 10:34:53 PM » |
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OK then: here's a picture of me between two of my babies.  |
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« Reply #145 on: June 03, 2009, 10:45:00 PM » |
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OK then: here's a picture of me between two of my babies. Very nice, but I bet it brought a few tears to the eyes giving birth to them. |
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« Reply #146 on: June 04, 2009, 08:20:32 AM » |
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Very nice, but I bet it brought a few tears to the eyes giving birth to them. Yeah: I sometimes wonder if they weren't swapped in the nursery  |
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« Reply #147 on: June 04, 2009, 10:52:24 AM » |
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OK then: here's a picture of me between two of my babies. How come they both have the same registration number? |
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« Reply #148 on: June 04, 2009, 10:57:22 AM » |
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OK then: here's a picture of me between two of my babies. How come they both have the same registration number? I've been led to believe that some countries in Europe (notably Switzerland - OK, I know it's not in "Europe", but it's in Europe...  ) issue a registration number to each person, so however many vehicles you have, they all have the same reg... ? Dunno if that's the case with these, but it's an offering... They also, apparently, make public the list of which reg belongs to who, so if you cut someone up... Very polite, law-abiding drivers apparently. Of course, that may all be a Clarkson myth... |
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« Reply #149 on: June 04, 2009, 01:31:02 PM » |
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How come they both have the same registration number?
Well spotted Steve. That's not their real numberplates, they were put on for that particular show. It's a long story and I won't bore you with it here... |
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« Reply #150 on: June 04, 2009, 01:54:07 PM » |
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How come they both have the same registration number?
Well spotted Steve. That's not their real numberplates, they were put on for that particular show. It's a long story and I won't bore you with it here... Fair enough. Forget I mentioned it.  |
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« Reply #151 on: June 04, 2009, 06:41:40 PM » |
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Fair enough. Forget I mentioned it. Find me at a festival and I'll tell you over a couple of beers |
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« Reply #152 on: June 04, 2009, 07:04:43 PM » |
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Fair enough. Forget I mentioned it. Find me at a festival and I'll tell you over a couple of beers Trowbridge, Stokes Bay or Cropredy? |
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« Reply #153 on: June 05, 2009, 07:04:46 PM » |
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I reckon you'll find some fellow Zappa-liking bods here..
True, true. Not so many Calvert fans around though. This is something I'm on a mission to change. Robert Calvert needs to be discovered by more people. I'm a complete Calvert nut (so I'm told), but I blame the bloody radar crew: using my spanners for stirring their tea... |
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« Reply #154 on: June 05, 2009, 08:58:21 PM » |
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I reckon you'll find some fellow Zappa-liking bods here..
True, true. Not so many Calvert fans around though. There's definitely a few on here.... he often gets a mention in passing. |
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« Reply #155 on: June 05, 2009, 11:07:28 PM » |
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Sir Robert, buongiorno! Please allow me introduce myself (oh, no, I’m not a man of wealth and taste…) 1. Who are you and where are you from? Enzo Boeri, from Genoa (Italy) but now I live near Milan 2. What made you join Talkawhile? Just stepped by chance while browsing the net looking for Fotheringhay 2 3. What do you know of Fairport Convention and/or Cropredy if anything? The firsf Fairport LP I bought was Babbacombe Lee, (probably in 1978). Never been to Cropredy yet, but I have some CD, VCR and tapes. 4. What kind of music do you like? Folk of course, then blues, classical (with a particular devotion for Erik Satie) 5. What was the last gig/festival/recital/concert that you attended? What was it like? The incredible cello player Giovanni Sollima, in Trieste for Satie’s birthday celebrations, last month (here a clip of one encore in the concert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTW1fvYOfIw6. What was the last CD that you bought? Would you recommend it? Rosa de Papel, by Marisa Sannia. Everyone should have a copy. A wonderful voice from Sardinia (alas, Marisa died last year) singing Garcia Lorca’s lyrics (she wrote the music for all the songs but one, written by Leonard Cohen: Take this waltz) 7. Complete the following sentence: “Tonight, Sir Robert, I am going to be my all time favourite singer Robin Williamson and I will sing ' Maya.' That is almost all; oh no, please let me tell how deeply I love being in a forum where Judy Dyble is. I first heard her voice in Chelsea Morning in the electric muse record more than thirty years ago (again 1978, the year I switched from Genesis – Floyd to Fairport – Pentangle) |
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« Reply #156 on: June 05, 2009, 11:15:03 PM » |
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Well, Enzo... what can I say, but welcome  Delighted that you found your way here and I thoroughly agree with your liking for Erik Satie Jude |
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« Reply #157 on: June 05, 2009, 11:18:09 PM » |
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Thanks a lot, Jude!
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« Reply #158 on: June 06, 2009, 06:51:31 AM » |
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....I blame the bloody radar crew: using my spanners for stirring their tea...
What's that black stuff around your eyes Axel, is that mascara ? Consider this before answering |
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« Reply #159 on: June 07, 2009, 06:11:19 PM » |
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What's that black stuff around your eyes Axel, is that mascara ? Consider this before answering All right, I can see it's no good lying to you, sir. I confess: it is mascara... but... only a little bit. |
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