[boc-l] And now... a word from our sponsor

[mary sullivan]

Don't have the new one  Yet.  I will, been listening to a lot of IQ, Subturania, (that's a long concept album), and Astra, we caught them at NEAR Fest and thought they were great, and we really love   both of their  albums.  Nice to hear some good Prog from here I wasn't aware of.  Both bands are superb, if you check out the IQ peace, it's over an hour and a half long, so you'll want some time, I really enjoy the album Frequency, the title track and "Province of the King," are both really great tracks, I think Frequency is the best album  to initially  check out first, it was for me, I'm sure this is all old news to most in this group.  

Happy listening,

Mary

From: boc-l [mailto:boc-l-bounces at lists.ispnet.net] On Behalf Of Arin Komins
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 10:28 AM
To: strobridge jill; BOC / Hawkwind Discussion List
Subject: Re: [boc-l] And now... a word from our sponsor

 

I’m back and forth on the album.  Definitely need to listen to it a few more times.  I like it, but it’s a concept album; and like several others, probably only going to listen to it when I have enough time to listen to it entire, rather than pulling out tracks to listen to.

 

Plus, with the gloriousness that was the light show, it’s almost as if it should be released to DVD; it would hold together fairly well as a concept video, too.

 

Really, I only hear one duffer on the album itself, and dangnabbit, but Hexagone is very earwormy; I have been having a devil of a time getting it out of my head.

 

I definitely think it’s a grower.

 

The concerts I managed to catch, on the other hand, were excellent.  Like everyone else, watching Haz and Dave riff was a thing of true beauty.

 

Arin

 

From: boc-l [mailto:boc-l-bounces at lists.ispnet.net] On Behalf Of strobridge jill
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 9:18 AM
To: BOC / Hawkwind Discussion List <boc-l at lists.ispnet.net>
Subject: Re: [boc-l] And now... a word from our sponsor

 

Still waiting for the single.......    and still assessing the album.  Just because I wake up in the morning with certain of the tracks playing in my mind (I suspect it's the music equivalent of dreaming) doesn't mean the album completely appeals to me or at least to the aspect of Hawkwind I particularly enjoy - but give it time!

cheers

Jill

 

On 09 May 2016 at 14:52 Arin Komins <akomins at uchicago.edu> wrote:

I miss the community we used to have here as well.  It seems much of that conversation and camaraderie that used to be here has shifted onward to FB.

 

So, onto some actual HW-related content:

 

Now that the gigs are mostly done for the tour; what did everyone think?  Still listening to the new album on repeat?  Waiting for the single?  

 

Thx,

 

Arin 

 

From: boc-l [mailto:boc-l-bounces at lists.ispnet.net] On Behalf Of strobridge jill
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 8:42 AM
To: BOC / Hawkwind Discussion List <boc-l at lists.ispnet.net>
Subject: Re: [boc-l] And now... a word from our sponsor

 

Thanks Terry - that was efficient!   While not hugely comfortable with banning someone completely I am definitely not at all comfortable with the stuff I've been removing en-masse recently and would probably have unsubscribed by now if I could only remember how to do so!  However given that this is a moderated list I would be entirely happy if there was some kind of automatic filter to stop the worst of the dross before it reached my screen and because I know this list and have been here since space knows how long, I place my trust entirely in the judgement of the moderators as to what that dross may be without destroying the integrity of this list.  Here there is still a relaxed freedom and ease of reading that isn't really available elsewhere so I'd be sorry to lose it completely and it would be nice to get back to the easy comfort of reading and enjoying the occasional message as it drifts in.            

cheers

Jill

 


> On 09 May 2016 at 10:24 Terry Kennedy <TERRY at glaver.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> TL;DR - "Don't make me come down here again."
> 
> I have been the sysadmin for the various servers that have hosted
> BOC-L for the last 20+ years. While I don't generally believe in
> limiting speech ("censorship" is only censorship if done by / for a
> government), anyone's right to post and to have their posts read is
> based on the consensus of the community they're participating in.
> 
> The stuff that's come through this list in the past 5 weeks is
> downright bizarre and has definitely moved beyond the community's
> willingness to tolerate this kind of stuff.
> 
> I've made some changes to the list parameters for Ben, which will
> give him (hopefully) the tools he needs to reign in any further be-
> havior like this before you folks even see it. This should restore
> some normality to the list. Other outlets are available for people
> to post their stream-of-[un]consciousness rants, ranging from Red-
> dit to /dev/null.
> 
> Since this issue has only been going on for 5 weeks or so, there
> is probably no need to remove the posts from the archives. That is
> an option for Ben and myself in the event that this type of thing
> happens again. Abusive posters (or at least their posts) can be
> "disappeared" from this list if necessary.
> 
> We now return you to your regularly scheduled (if low-traffic)
> discussions of BOC, Hawkwind, and so on.
> 
> Terry Kennedy ISPnet, Inc. http://www.ispnet.net
> New York, NY USA 800-806-NETS


 


 

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