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'Pearl of the Quarter' was my immediate choice.

i readily admit i've changed my opinions about music before, and sometimes it takes multiple instances for something to sink in. but not this time. np: Butthole Surfers - Rembrandt Pussyhorse [now *this* is psychedelic music.]

there's more noodles in 'dark star' than yr average chinese restaurant. seriously, garcia and weir's playing just doesn't appeal to me. on the fillmore '71 version i am currently listeining to, it only catches my interest in the ~9 to 10:30 minute mark area...otherwise there's way too much wool gathering to hold any interest at all. i'll take a crack at 'drums > space' from dick's picks vol 21 next, but i don't have high hopes. agreed that as a pigeonhole, 'psychedelic' has been the most abused term outside of 'indie' but for me there are still clear properties. i would consider th

absolutely not. i listened to a Dick's Pick today (fillmore, '70) just to make sure. yep, i'm sure. so which ones have you actually heard? the dead are folk/bluegrass-based, definitely not a psych band (regardless of their lysergic ingestion habits).

see, my theory is validated. 'back in my day...'

nothing is more tired than the 'there is no new good music' lament. it generally means you just got lazy or apathetic.

no, they were some sort of lame-ass jug band. far too much wimpy noodling, no fire. two drummers? they could have gotten by w/ a bongo player. psych bands of note, in that era, just from one label...there are many more...: http://www.forcedexposure.com/labels/akarma.italy.html

in my mind it's not even close. in your mind, you reach the same conclusion, but we are choosing different options.

texture over melody (though they can churn out out a good melody when they want to...cf "When You Sleep").

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln8XsL6veaU

foobar is an open source media player, mp3 tagger, database etc...hugely customizable, and uses very little resources while running. if you are a coder you can do tons w/ it, or just use it like me...find someone's mod you like and use it. you will still need iTunes (or something anapod) to move songs onto yr ipod.

at least it's doing some serious crunching...iTunes is a colossal waste of resources for no good reason. run foobar and it'll be clear.

you will always find people who have had failures w/ a specific brand and then swore off using them in the future. i've had 7 different external hard drives...Western Digital, Maxtor, Seagate and Fantom. two have failed; a WD500 after over a year, and a Seagate after a few weeks. my Maxtor 300gb is my oldest and is at least 4 years old at this point. i've been happy w/ the Fantom drives i've gotten recently, but i really should look into a RAID system.

that's a good idea. it not's *if* the hard drive will fail, it's *when*. and i am *way* behind in backing up my data...i've got at least 50 gigs (shows, not GB...it's a lot more than 50GB) worth of photos w/ no redundancy right now...not good.

I don't like the Grateful Dead. Aside from "Blues For Allah." There. I said it.

guessing at others' motives and interpretations is always a dangerous game. your definition of 'psychedelic' and 'greatest live act' wildly differs from mine...the Dead are neither.

i would start w/ either _murray street_ or _sonic nurse_ and work backwards. if you want to start right into choppier waters, _EVOL_ is awesome (as is _Sister_).

i'm no fan of the _The Wall_ but the previous work, i think, is pretty spotless. take "shine on," that's an incredible paean to a lost band member. if you want me to cherry pick some favorites for yr scrutiny i certainly can. btw, Qui covered "Echoes."

that seems like an odd correlation to make. there are plenty of often-covered songs w/ crap lyrics. and yes, I'd say that Floyd are almost always revered when it comes to lyrics. seriously, i can't believe it's in question.

"In 1984, I was hospitalized for approaching perfection/slowly screwing my way across Europe, they had to make a correction"

is that because you don't get Beefheart in general, or just that album. i will say that I prefer _Safe As Milk_ but i do like TMR as well.

"Oh, I just don't know where to begin"

http://forums.viachicago.org/index.php?act...;f=24&id=12 i'm sure that the blogosphere will have copies if you search for them...