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where were you when you first heard the orb?
by Felix Atagong 26 Nov '02

26 Nov '02

As a longtime Floyd collector (yep, I'm that old!) I read in Miles' Pink Floyd bible that The Orb sampled a lot of PF. I happened to be on a yard sale in London, a few months later, and I found a 12 inch called Little Fluffy Clouds (and also a Polish David Gilmour tape, but that has nothing to do with this story). I bought it and back at home I listened to it and was NOT very impressed. The B-side was also rather awful, IMO (that's what I thought, then)... Years went by and The Orb made an appearance at Forest National in Brussels, I went to see time and was not very amused, although a few tunes haunted my mind for days long (later I would find out these were Blue Room and Lovin' You). I went to a record shop, bought me the double Ultraworld in nice price, listened to it, had a few nookies on it as well, and I was hooked... especially when I found out that among these floating geezers were Steve Hillage (ex-Gong and a lot of psychedelic solo recordings in the seventies) and Guy Pratt. Bought everything from The Orb and still do today, but didn't follow LX on all his solo-outings and Badorb excursions...

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Re: [Orb] where you from? next question
by Pascal V. Calarco 26 Nov '02

26 Nov '02

Late 1991 when Ultraworld showed up on the new release shelf at CKMS FM at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Canada. I had a midnight-2am show "Radio City Zen" (PWEI inspired), and had been getting into the Manchester scene the summer before (Happy Monday, Inspiral Carpets, etc.). I was initially intrigued by the Killing Joke connection, as I had been a huge KJ devotee, but they were in a lull period by then (before Pandemonium). LFC got a fair amount of airplay from the disc, although it had its detractors amongst the DJs at the station too :) I joined the list the fall of '93 or early '94 -- maybe later, don't quite remember :) -- when I was attending McGill in Montreal. Been on and off since then, mostly on! One of the few lists I've been on throughout my life changes over the past 8-9 years. Anybody else have stories about coming to the Orb via post-punk and the '80s college/indie scene? -- pascal

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Re: [Orb] where you from?
by Ramon Vink 26 Nov '02

26 Nov '02

WOW! Tell me more! Arv >From: "Chain Reaction" <fsol(a)mail.com> >Reply-To: orb(a)mailman.xmission.com >To: orb(a)mailman.xmission.com >Subject: Re: [Orb] where you from? >Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 13:58:19 +0100 > >Wageningen, The Netherlands... > >Hey RJ, how are things with that Dutch Orb gathering.. ;-p ..?? > >Steph > >-- >__________________________________________________________ >Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com >http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup > >One click access to the Top Search Engines >http://www.exactsearchbar.com/mailcom > > >_______________________________________________ >Orb mailing list >Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb _________________________________________________________________ Ontvang je Hotmail & Messenger berichten op je mobiele telefoon met Hotmail SMS http://www.msn.nl/jumppage/

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RE: [Orb] where you from?
by Joshua Long 26 Nov '02

26 Nov '02

Winston Salem, NC Jo Shlong

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where you from?
by Felix Atagong 26 Nov '02

26 Nov '02

Louvain, Belgium

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Re: [Orb] where you from?
by Ramon Vink 26 Nov '02

26 Nov '02

Leiden, the Netherlands >From: Poor Phil <poor_phil(a)yahoo.com> >Reply-To: orb(a)mailman.xmission.com >To: orb(a)mailman.xmission.com >Subject: Re: [Orb] where you from? >Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 14:02:35 -0800 (PST) > >Chicago, IL. > >--- daniel gilbride <dgillz(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > So where are all of you from? > > > > I'm from New York. > > > > Just curious - > > > > Dan > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months > > FREE* > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Orb mailing list > > Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com > > >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb > > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail Plus Â Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. >http://mailplus.yahoo.com > >_______________________________________________ >Orb mailing list >Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb _________________________________________________________________ MSN Zoeken, voor duidelijke zoekresultaten! http://search.msn.nl/worldwide.asp

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Bollocks
by Andrew Krieg 26 Nov '02

26 Nov '02

Well, BadOrb finally screwed me. I was lucky enough to receive the first 13 releases in a very timely manner. I ordered BadOrb 14 on July 18th, well before the August 8th deadline. I've waited and waited, and finally dropped a line asking about the status. Here was the reply I received: > hi, > > sadley, due to badorb difficulties, i have no more bob14 vinyl to > send. can > i replace it with something else? > > christine Looks like if you haven't received your BadOrb 14 yet, you won't be.

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Re: [Orb] Bollocks
by JASON HICKS 26 Nov '02

26 Nov '02

On now : Peter Gabriel - My head sounds like that (Royksopp remix) Where did you get that JC? I need it!!!!! I've been seriously digging on "Melody A.M" these last couple weeks and am also a big PG fan. Any leads would be appreciated, thnx! Jason >From: derrien(a)club-internet.fr >Reply-To: orb(a)mailman.xmission.com >To: orb(a)mailman.xmission.com >Subject: Re: [Orb] Bollocks >Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 15:02:04 +0100 > >>Well, BadOrb finally screwed me. I was lucky enough to receive the first >>13 >>releases in a very timely manner. I ordered BadOrb 14 on July 18th, well >>before the August 8th deadline. I've waited and waited, and finally >>dropped >>a line asking about the status. Here was the reply I received: >> >>> hi, >>> >>> sadley, due to badorb difficulties, i have no more bob14 vinyl to >>> send. can >>> i replace it with something else? >>> >>> christine >> >>Looks like if you haven't received your BadOrb 14 yet, you won't be. > >Same thing for me. >And I payed for the full subscription. (from bob/tog 12 to bob/tog 20) > >JCFromParis > >On now : Peter Gabriel - My head sounds like that (Royksopp remix) > >_______________________________________________ >Orb mailing list >Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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Re: [Orb] where you from?
by Audiopimp . 25 Nov '02

25 Nov '02

Ditto. We should have us a little seattle Orb get together! >as-am-i > >_ > / madhouse.org | get commited / > >b > >On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, sunny bather wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm > > l i v i n > > in > > Seattle > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Orb mailing list > > Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb > > > >_______________________________________________ >Orb mailing list >Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

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Re: [Orb] where you from? next question
by Dunferorb＠aol.com 25 Nov '02

25 Nov '02

It was the early days of '97 and AMP was broadcast on mtv in the wee hours of the morning. I thought that Orson Karte, Metamorphosis (R&S) and Howie B, Going Away (Island) were the bomb tracks (freshman lingo). Soon enough, Feb, I was blown away by ORB'sToxygene and had to have more. I spent that whole year, and my earnings, listening to ORB music and watching mtv Europe live videos (orbus terrarum). I've been hooked since and remember subscribing to the orbulletins. BTW I still wonder if Orson Karte's Metamorphosis was as good as I remember: being my first taste of electro-tunes and all. I reckon it was probably just some sort of trancey shite. peace, jason

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