Ashley, Indiana Superthread

[Axver]

Confucius say, "Man with hand in pocket not necessarily jingling change."

Syd - I honestly though that after he fried his brain on acid that he'd died. But when I found out he went back to Cambridge to live with his mum, well, I dunno, it made sense.

The man had timing though. Showed up at Abbey Road Studios on the day the Floyd were recording Shine On You Crazy Diamond.

Yeah, it seems a lot of people thought he'd died. To the public world, he really was effectively dead. But it seems the man lived his life the way he wanted to, so good on him. Though, god, I wish we'd heard some more music from him. He was a fucking genius, and the most talented member of the band.

Have you seen the photo from when he showed up at the studio? Fucking disturbing. I can see why ... Waters, I think it was, broke down in tears.

 

[Reggo]

I try.

Yeah, it seems a lot of people thought he'd died. To the public world, he really was effectively dead. But it seems the man lived his life the way he wanted to, so good on him. Though, god, I wish we'd heard some more music from him. He was a fucking genius, and the most talented member of the band.

Have you seen the photo from when he showed up at the studio? Fucking disturbing. I can see why ... Waters, I think it was, broke down in tears.

Are his solo albums really impossible to get?

No, I haven't seen it, but when Gilmour told the story, he mentioned Waters geting pretty broken up about it.

 

[Axver]

OK, two laughs from the academic piece I'm reading right now.

Firstly, I'm a sucker for any Thatcher put-down:

So what is - or should be - social history now? I pass quickly over the pronouncement of a former British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, who opined that there was not - and never had been - any such thing as 'society'. Even to label her a methodological individualist would be to give her too much credit.

And academics really are weird people:

The third volume, subtitled "Applied Social Theory", is actually in a way less exciting than it might sound ...

LESS EXCITING THAN IT MIGHT SOUND?

 

[Axver]

Are his solo albums really impossible to get?

No, I haven't seen it, but when Gilmour told the story, he mentioned Waters geting pretty broken up about it.

I've never looked for physical copies. Found a copy of Barrett to download. Never bothered to look for The Madcap Laughs as Barrett is quite disappointing; Effervescing Elephant is the only track I ever return to.

Here's the picture.

Syd went from this in 1969:

To this in 1975:

Good fucking god.

 

[Reggo]

I've never looked for physical copies. Found a copy of Barrett to download. Never bothered to look for The Madcap Laughs as Barrett is quite disappointing; Effervescing Elephant is the only track I ever return to.

Here's the picture.

Syd went from this in 1969:

To this in 1975:

Good fucking god.

Wow. Now I know what Waters meant by his eyes being black holes in the sky. That must've been after the party where he left in the middle, shaved his head bald, then went back as if nothing had happened. Maybe he kept his head shaven after that, I don't know. Yeah, Waters said he got plump after Floyd took off without him.

 

[Axver]

Judging by a photo I just saw of him in 2001, it seems he stayed bald. Massive change from his sixties look (which I found to be a rather cool look).

 

[Serena Vox]

Morning.

 

[Reggo]

Judging by a photo I just saw of him in 2001, it seems he stayed bald. Massive change from his sixties look (which I found to be a rather cool look).

yeah, that picture of him in 69 is awesome. I'll spare you my over-analytical babble. Did he stay that plump?

 

[Reggo]

Morning, Sis!

 

[Axver]

Hey Serena, how goes it?

yeah, that picture of him in 69 is awesome. I'll spare you my over-analytical babble. Did he stay that plump?

By the looks of things, he did.

 

[Serena Vox]

Morning, Sis!

Hey sis.
How are you?

 

[Reggo]

By the looks of things, he did.

Ah, poor bloke. Then again, if he had diabetes, it's not surprising.

Why do all the good rock stars either die, burn out, or fade away? The only ones that haven't are, like, the Stones, and the Who.

 

[Reggo]

Hey sis.
How are you?

Rather cheeky. Still considering posting that dirty joke in PLEBA.

Yourself?

 

[Serena Vox]

Hey Serena, how goes it?

Kind of mixed, I suppose. I'm really just kind of upset right now because of something that got said to me when I got up this morning. And I'm really excited for the re-release of my favourite game of all time. (See: Theme.)

Yourself?

 

[Axver]

Ah, poor bloke. Then again, if he had diabetes, it's not surprising.

Why do all the good rock stars either die, burn out, or fade away? The only ones that haven't are, like, the Stones, and the Who.

I'd contend the Stones are walking corpses.

 

[Serena Vox]

Rather cheeky. Still considering posting that dirty joke in PLEBA.

Yourself?

Heh. That would be priceless.

I've been better, but then again, I've been worse, so I can't complain too much.
Still kind of spazzing through it all!

 

[Axver]

Kind of mixed, I suppose. I'm really just kind of upset right now because of something that got said to me when I got up this morning. And I'm really excited for the re-release of my favourite game of all time. (See: Theme.)

Yourself?

Hah, I can't say your current theme surprised me a terrible lot.

I'm tired, been fairly busy with uni work today but now I've hit the point where continuing to work would be detrimental as I'd produce crap I'd later have to revise. And I've stayed up late enough that I'll miss my morning lectures, but I don't care because I've got more productive work done now than had I gone to sit through dull lectures I can't be arsed with.

 

[Serena Vox]

Hah, I can't say your current theme surprised me a terrible lot.

I'm tired, been fairly busy with uni work today but now I've hit the point where continuing to work would be detrimental as I'd produce crap I'd later have to revise. And I've stayed up late enough that I'll miss my morning lectures, but I don't care because I've got more productive work done now than had I gone to sit through dull lectures I can't be arsed with.

If it surprises somebody, call me! Yeah, that's right, you won't have to. Haha.

Ah, yeah, that point. No sense in working on much more, then. Revising can take just as much time as simply doing it later without having to revise! At least so I have found from when I was in school.

 

[Reggo]

Heh. That would be priceless.

I've been better, but then again, I've been worse, so I can't complain too much.
Still kind of spazzing through it all!

What's up, sis?

 

[Reggo]

I'd contend the Stones are walking corpses.

Keef is at least.

 

[Serena Vox]

What's up, sis?

I'm making a LJ entry about it, not much longer than it'd take to explain, so here it is in a nutshell:

The first thing I get confronted with this morning is my dad and his cow asking each other if they should tell me a secret. I am uninterested after the marriage farce. Doesn't seem like I get much choice. They tell me that her older daughter (the one born when she was still our neighbor and I was like 8.) is probably my dad's kid. It's possible since they fucking cheated on her awesome husband during this time. But let's face it, the kid looks nothing like him. To top it all off, they tell me that my entire family knew. Now as much as they hate her ... you'd think it'd have gotten back to me! I am pissed!

 

[Axver]

Keef is at least.

As I've said before about him, he's a skeleton with a sheet draped over the top. An old, mouldy sheet.

 

[Axver]

I'm making a LJ entry about it, not much longer than it'd take to explain, so here it is in a nutshell:

The first thing I get confronted with this morning is my dad and his cow asking each other if they should tell me a secret. I am uninterested after the marriage farce. Doesn't seem like I get much choice. They tell me that her older daughter (the one born when she was still our neighbor and I was like 8.) is probably my dad's kid. It's possible since they fucking cheated on her awesome husband during this time. But let's face it, the kid looks nothing like him. To top it all off, they tell me that my entire family knew. Now as much as they hate her ... you'd think it'd have gotten back to me! I am pissed!

All I can say is that you live with fuckin' claaassy people.

 

[Reggo]

I'm making a LJ entry about it, not much longer than it'd take to explain, so here it is in a nutshell:

The first thing I get confronted with this morning is my dad and his cow asking each other if they should tell me a secret. I am uninterested after the marriage farce. Doesn't seem like I get much choice. They tell me that her older daughter (the one born when she was still our neighbor and I was like 8.) is probably my dad's kid. It's possible since they fucking cheated on her awesome husband during this time. But let's face it, the kid looks nothing like him. To top it all off, they tell me that my entire family knew. Now as much as they hate her ... you'd think it'd have gotten back to me! I am pissed!

Sounds like another cow patty they've lobbed at you. Bastards. Move back in with your mum posthaste.

 

[Reggo]

As I've said before about him, he's a skeleton with a sheet draped over the top. An old, mouldy sheet.

that can still play the guitar like nobody's business.

 

[Serena Vox]

All I can say is that you live with fuckin' claaassy people.

It has got to be some huge, lame, cruel joke. It just has to. I don't believe them because my family would have told me. Which means they know nothing of it, which means it's a fucking joke, which means I'm pissed.

God, I am glad I am moving soon!

 

[Reggo]

All I can say is that you live with fuckin' claaassy people.

Seconded.

(BTW, Ax, fuckin' hysterical! )

 

[Serena Vox]

Sounds like another cow patty they've lobbed at you. Bastards. Move back in with your mum posthaste.

Oh I am already packing my smaller stuff. Most of my movies and stuff are already there. I am most likely just going to go back before the big move. Even if it means I have to move twice, fuck it. This is a load of lame shit.

 

[Reggo]

Oh I am already packing my smaller stuff. Most of my movies and stuff are already there. I am most likely just going to go back before the big move. Even if it means I have to move twice, fuck it. This is a load of lame shit.

Moving twice isn't that bad, as long as you don't unpack everything after the first one.

 

[Axver]

Moving twice isn't that bad, as long as you don't unpack everything after the first one.

See, here I'd disagree, but that's because I've moved so fucking much the last decade that all I want to do is stay put and never move again. Shame where I live is somewhere that I don't particularly want to stay put in beyond my undergrad years.