From: Lord Ruthven <dasfestistzuendeaus@yahoo.de>

Well, let's see ... In august 1962 Joe released his biggest hit single TELSTAR. The 40th anniverary seems to be a good occasion...

okay then ... expect a call from me later , jan !!! *G+* ;-) changin' the topic to stockhausen's message ( for the last time , in my case !!! ;-) :

And IMHO everybody has the right not to be confronted over and over with the crap he talked in one weak moment - all the more, if he himself concedes it was crap.

well ... i certainly wouldn't do this "over & over" , but ONLY once & for all ... to make it heard ( or read ;-) by the public , in order to let us all base our opinions on actual FACTS & not jus' hearsay etc. !!! anyway ... i also think that mr. stockhausen has finally learned a lesson from this specific experience & therefore i surely DON'T condemn him & would indeed like to interview him myself one day !!! ;-) changin' the topic to subharmonic sounds etc. ...

(following the Fourier theory, which would include the use of subharmonic sounds).

hm ... the fourier synthesis is a lil' bit weak , when it comes to subharmonic sounds , as "the maestro" ( oskar sala ;-) & also people like dieter doepfer ( http://www.doepfer.de ) once said , because it's simply NOT_ALWAYS possible to create sounds jus' by addin' or subtractin' diff'rent sine waves !!! :-/ but we all ( should ) know that especially mr. stockhausen was much more interested in the mathematical way to compose music than "the maestro" , who mostly composed music "by heart" ... & not jus' "by mind" , which makes the legendary oskar sala even more sympathetic to me than mr. stockhausen !!! *G+* ;-)

What I know is that the Electronic Studio of WDR was equipped with a monochord constructed in 1953 by Trautwein and Meyer-Eppler, but no one there was interested in playing it, so it went onto the attic.

well ... this ol' "monochord" surely wasn't as half as interestin' as "the maestro's" latest mixturetrautonium , built in the early 80s !!! *sly_grin* ;-) however ... many greetinx , oh jay , former friend of the late "maestro" ( oskar sala ;-) !!! *sigh* :-o ~*~ jvr network program - may 2002 : http://mitglied.lycos.de/cybernetx/program.html ( incl. live stream via internet !!! ;-) studio webcam - live : http://stream.ok-bremen.de/studio.html *G+* ;-) - brand new !!! - radio show archive : http://friends.schallreflektor.com/ohjay/alien_disco ;-) *~\^/~*