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There's an elephant in it already so no need to trouble yourself, mr. horrible.
I like to think that Terry would look at those idiots and make intelligent, witty yet cutting remarks about them
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Wed 26 Jul 2023, 16:48,
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Every one of us is gonna die.
The inevitable death.
Some of us are Grateful.
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Thu 27 Jul 2023, 0:26,
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Some of us are Grateful.
An anecdote from Rick Wakeman
There was another occasion, playing with Yes in Toronto, when one of my synthesizers, a Minimoog, broke down.
By chance, Dr Robert Moog, the brilliant electronic music pioneer and inventor of the Minimoog, was at the gig. During the interval, when the curtain was down, Bob said: 'I think I know what the problem is - do you want me to go out and take a look?'
'That would be great, if you don't mind,' I said. 'You know we're back on in about ten minutes, right?'
'That's fine,' he said. When we got the call to go back on stage, I navigated my way over to the keyboards and Bob was still there, surrounded by the innards of a Minimoog. He had dismantled it.
'Bob, Bob, we're about to start,' I hissed, but he was completely distracted. 'Yes, I think I know what the problem is,' he said prodding a circuit board.
The curtain went up and Yes had suddenly acquired a sixth member who was messing about with a complicated piece of electronic wizardry in the middle of the stage, completely oblivious to the audience of 20,000 punters, all of whom appeared to accept this as perfectly normal.
At the end of the show, at which time Bob was still happily tinkering with the synth, I introduced him to the audience who gave him a standing ovation. Bob looked up and said: 'Oh, are you ready to start now?'
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Wed 26 Jul 2023, 10:30,
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By chance, Dr Robert Moog, the brilliant electronic music pioneer and inventor of the Minimoog, was at the gig. During the interval, when the curtain was down, Bob said: 'I think I know what the problem is - do you want me to go out and take a look?'
'That would be great, if you don't mind,' I said. 'You know we're back on in about ten minutes, right?'
'That's fine,' he said. When we got the call to go back on stage, I navigated my way over to the keyboards and Bob was still there, surrounded by the innards of a Minimoog. He had dismantled it.
'Bob, Bob, we're about to start,' I hissed, but he was completely distracted. 'Yes, I think I know what the problem is,' he said prodding a circuit board.
The curtain went up and Yes had suddenly acquired a sixth member who was messing about with a complicated piece of electronic wizardry in the middle of the stage, completely oblivious to the audience of 20,000 punters, all of whom appeared to accept this as perfectly normal.
At the end of the show, at which time Bob was still happily tinkering with the synth, I introduced him to the audience who gave him a standing ovation. Bob looked up and said: 'Oh, are you ready to start now?'
I'm calling BS because there's no way he wouldn't have heard them playing
but still, β€οΈ
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Wed 26 Jul 2023, 13:37,
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Rick didn't even have a show that night
The entire thing was in his head
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Wed 26 Jul 2023, 14:14,
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Actually, Wakeman didn't do drugs. Don't think any of Yes did. Most of them were vegetarians too
He did drink and smoke A LOT. Then he started getting heart attacks and totally quit.
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Wed 26 Jul 2023, 16:42,
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I imagine Jon Anderson having a similar attitude to Geddy Lee -
drink and drugs will fuck up your voice
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Wed 26 Jul 2023, 16:58,
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What I'm getting from this story
is that Yes sound better when they're not playing.
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Wed 26 Jul 2023, 19:55,
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No, Rick had to resort to playing with only 8 keyboards at once
and the audience appreciated his improvisation
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Wed 26 Jul 2023, 20:55,
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I can imagine Albert Popwell asking
"I gots ta know. Why are you wearing a twinset and pearls?"
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Wed 26 Jul 2023, 13:51,
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It's the *ahem* Fosbury Floppenheimer
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Wed 26 Jul 2023, 9:01,
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It's the scouser wig, isn't it?
See what fun you can have using it in your own lolwakki pictures!
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Tue 25 Jul 2023, 22:46,
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See what fun you can have using it in your own lolwakki pictures!
We had one of those.
Yes I am that old. Great device for kids - especially when you could very nearly lose an eye with those copter blades should you be silly enough to be too close to it. Ours met a sad end when the family dog took a dislike to it in full flight and attacked it.
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Tue 25 Jul 2023, 11:52,
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Little known fact
The spinner belt is infact a small wind turbine powering 70 percent of Titan Towers.
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Mon 24 Jul 2023, 20:46,
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Snooker Loopy with George Alagiah
Some time ago, there was a B3tan news report from George to the tune of Snooker Loopy, synched to his hand gestures. Cant find it on Youtube - a repost would be a fitting tribute to his passing
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Mon 24 Jul 2023, 12:17,
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Good christ, man, get a set before the inevitable death sellout
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Mon 24 Jul 2023, 12:27,
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Alright you horrible git
There's some things you come straight to b3ta for
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Mon 24 Jul 2023, 12:27,
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I came here for the mention of wanking spanners.
Not disappointed.
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Mon 24 Jul 2023, 12:31,
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To be fair I am a little disappointed.
Mostly as I feel the mentioning of said spanners has been sadly lacking of late. I do appreciate this one but feel there should be more.
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Mon 24 Jul 2023, 16:44,
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Have you tried asking the original artist?
Might be this fella.
https://www.aardvark3ddesign.co.uk/get-in-touch/
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Mon 24 Jul 2023, 12:32,
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https://www.aardvark3ddesign.co.uk/get-in-touch/
It's amazing how much we rely on
the Internet Archive for this sort of thing.
(not that they have it)
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Mon 24 Jul 2023, 12:50,
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(not that they have it)
guys I might go back on the dating circuit see what's happening yeah
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Mon 24 Jul 2023, 13:48,
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FurbyChannel
Sounds more like something near the bottom of the Sky planner.
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Tue 25 Jul 2023, 21:52,
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Gorn has some big calf muscles, I'm just now noticing how over-developed they are. Also: wayward knees.
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Sun 23 Jul 2023, 22:53,
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There's a direct correlation between the decline in Spirograph and the rise in gang activity
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Sun 23 Jul 2023, 15:44,
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Critics of the craze have pointed out that the Moore gap is a physiognomic feature natural only for women with a certain type of body shape and bone structure that most women do not have.
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Sun 23 Jul 2023, 12:31,
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I’d like to put my whipped butter on those pancakes.
Jusssayin
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Sun 23 Jul 2023, 18:20,
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Also: maple syrup and bacon, can I get you another coffee with that?
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Sun 23 Jul 2023, 19:09,
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couldn't you just stretch the D in Bond
rather than build a new one from an O?
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Mon 24 Jul 2023, 8:59,
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You noticed this :-)
I could have, but then it would have been blurry (as I didn't grab it at high res and shrink it down).
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Mon 24 Jul 2023, 9:20,
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Happy 20th b3ta-day to me.
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Crikey. 20 years and that's all I have done. (ok, hello Pip and Rob whom I have met in a pub at Piccadilly Circus about that time.)
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Sun 23 Jul 2023, 1:36,
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Crikey. 20 years and that's all I have done. (ok, hello Pip and Rob whom I have met in a pub at Piccadilly Circus about that time.)
Cool story bro.
Respect given: Happy Candlezβnβsuch iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
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Sun 23 Jul 2023, 4:07,
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Many happy candles old timer
I'll be here 19 years myself in a few months, I can still remember when all of this was just fields.
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Sun 23 Jul 2023, 13:12,
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reminds me of Watto
or those weird aardvarks from The Raccoons cartoons
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Tue 25 Jul 2023, 1:01,
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Well that should cover the popcorn
might need a bit more for the pick n mix
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Sat 22 Jul 2023, 21:27,
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Agreed though I saw it as an obvious prequel.
In the same vein, CM's Oppenheimer becomes a Government man and oversees further work at a new research lab at Black Mesa.
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Sun 23 Jul 2023, 6:17,
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