June 2002 - Orb - mailman.xmission.com

lame question?
by dj monolith 31 Jan '03

31 Jan '03

Can someone tell me what the Orb Live in Japan video is all about? All I know is that it is just over 10 minutes long and it is bloody brilliant. Is there a longer version floating around out there? Is there a non-digital version? What is it all about?? thanks Darcy ( dj monolith ) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/

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[bob12] on CD
by Kayle Garkut 01 Jul '02

01 Jul '02

Has anyone received thier copy on CD yet? I ordered a t-shirt at the same time and got that already. I have also got my MP3 certificate for [bob13] but as of yet no signs of [bob12] :( The t-shirt and [bob13] certificate did come with swanky looking badorb stickers though :) Goodluck England in 10 minutes tme! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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Alex @ 538 partynight
by Maarten Bouwes 29 Jun '02

29 Jun '02

For the Dutch listmembers Who's taping Alex tonight? I am listening to him right now, but unfortunately I am @my parents house and haven't got ANY tapes spare. Nice set btw. Started off with A Huge.... Hope someone taped it! Cheers, Maarten _________________________________________________________________ Meld je aan bij de grootste e-mailservice ter wereld met MSN Hotmail: http://www.hotmail.com/nl

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Alex @ 538 partynight
by Maarten Bouwes 29 Jun '02

29 Jun '02

For the Dutch listmembers Who's taping Alex tonight? I am listening to him right now, but unfortunately I am @my parents house and haven't got ANY tapes spare. Nice set btw. Started off with A Huge.... Hope someone taped it!

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Re: [Orb] STILL OT Burningman but has an Orb tie-in sort of!
by Bbbrooo＠aol.com 28 Jun '02

28 Jun '02

It's all coming back - wonderful. As you said anything goes there: So many amazing things, but three that stick in my mind; 1) Seeing someone walking towards me on the Playa with bone outlines, in fiber lights, sewn into their outfit. Looking just like a walking skeleton. 2) On a Milky Way starlight night, with lasers shone into the sky. Coming around a corner to find a large lit up geo-dome and no one on site (Probably all at the Mad-Max Thunderdome) "Isn't it beautiful out here", from Alex & Jimmies "Space" was playing loudly, and in I was thinking I had floated in to an abandoned space station. 3) As I cycled by one day I was chased by a topless nurse dispensing free beer from a bedpan. Ahh, such memories I will be able to tell my grandchildren.

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Re Re BOB 4.5
by Mark Weston 28 Jun '02

28 Jun '02

. "This is to certify that the attached twelve inch recorded vinyl disc is one of no copies of Bob 4.5"....Its the best one but sadly it doesnt exist or does it.... Regards Mark.

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Apollo XI
by bytesizenun＠netscape.net 28 Jun '02

28 Jun '02

Hey all! FYI - for those interested, I upped my copy of the whole Apollo XI to RMStringers. If I can get past a firewall issue on my side, I'll have it up at Moondogg's as well. For those who don't have it already, Enjoy! ------------------------------------ m a r t Â l e p p i k Â - Â floor115 ------------------------------------ __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

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Mooo-vin on down
by Gavin Miller 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

Hello everybody, sorry I haven't written anything in a while, but I've been busy (always the excuse). Anyways, this weekend I'm moving to Schamburg IL - Veronica and I got ourselves a nice 2 bedroom 2 bath quad unit, which is about 10-15 mins from work. I don't know when I'll be online next, so I'm letting you all know why. Hope all is well elsewhere, Gavin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com

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STILL OT Burningman but has an Orb tie-in sort of!
by Alan Evil 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

The first time I went to BM (it was 1997) I drove from New Orleans (2800 miles, I think) by myself in a rented Dodge Stratus. It was fantastic. I had a big stack of new cds I'd never heard and it's a really cool drive through the mountains and desert. If you just got rid of Texas it would be great. Texas is huge and most of it sucks. Anyway, in this bunch of brand, spanking new cds* was a copy of System 7's Alpha Wave (Plastickman Acid House Remix) on a couple of compilations and I loved it. Let me set up this BM for you: First there was no moon that weekend. Most of the stuff goes on during the night and early in the morning or late in the day. I highly recommend not sleeping at all if you can. That four days I was there that first time was absolutely the most incredible display of stars you can imagine. On top of that they really hadn't gotten a handle yet on the dust (now they run water trucks through the camp all day so it's not as bad) so it hung in the air all the time. Now at night everyone had a flashlight. And no cars are allowed so there are tons of bicycles with lights, ringing their bells. And everyone's naked. And the dust is hanging in the air and these flashlight beams are sweeping through the air and in every direction there is music. Five different sources, five different songs and styles which will slowly converge for a few moments, into a single, coherent 3D sound. And all the while, in this star washed sky which stands above so stark you feel it will suck you into the air, a blacked out police helicopter is beating circles over the camp. All night long. It was so Blade Runner. So on the last night, after the fever pitch has been reached, the man has burned in a spectacular fashion and the people have run like animals in every direction to have way too much fun, I have returned to my tent to get my bike and I lay down to listen. From the main stage to my upper right comes an overwhelming trance mix. Above and to the left some French techno, across my left foot a gay disco camp, to my right a straight-up house and techno set, and a hip hop set was somewhere past my right foot. At one point the all seemed to merge and then suddenly a delayed version of one of the other camps came from the main stage. The helicopter was thumping past on its circle of the camp and then the Plastikman Alpha Wave remix is playing. The helicopter comes from the main stage. Snippets of each of the other camps playing music comes through the main stage. They're mixing Alpha Wave with shotgun mic. Unfuckingbelievable. I leapt up and biked down to the main stage. They worked this mix for almost 20 minutes, mixing the sounds of the Black Rock City into the mix. It was surreal. I will act as a guide to anyone who will pay my way out and buy me a ticket. Seriously... *I was the "indie" buyer at the biggest record store in the Gulf South so I just grabbed the most recent couple of weeks worth of cds and listened to them while driving. Every first song got a full minute to see if it was any good at all and then each song after that got a fifteen second chance. It was fun and I found some weird stuff like a pounding house remix of a Dolly Parton song hidden on a really shitty dance mix cd from an obscure little label or Daft Punk's Homework. Institute for Psychic Reform Change your Mind www.ifpr.homestead.com

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OT Burningman
by Alan Evil 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

I've been to Burningman twice. Don't bring any electronic equipment unless you can afford to have it completely broken down, cleaned, and rebuilt when you get back. The flat, white playa is an extremely corrosive alkaline dust that gets into EVERYTHING! I wouldn't even recommend taking your own vehicle out there. However, think of something fun to do for other people (buy a cheap stereo or two at a yard sale and spin that way, for instance) and you'll have a blast. Also take a shitload of extra beer to barter with. Oh yeah, and water. Figure a gallon a day per person and then double it. This does not include cooking water. You need to drink water ALL THE TIME. The Black Rock Desert has no pity for fools. If you know someone with a walk-in or empty chest freezer you should half fill some coolers with water and freeze them solid. Figure out what you're going to use a different cooler for every day. Tape the other ones shut. A solid block of ice in a cooler in the shade will last for a week. It is possible to buy ice and water but while you're standing in line you're missing something incredibly cool somewhere else. Of course, with Burningman you're always missing something incredibly cool somewhere else all the time so it's best to just make every moment incredibly cool. I really wish I could afford the trip this year but it won't happen unless I win the lottery. Be sure to check out my friends from New Orleans. They're called Machine Screw and are one of the featured performers. They often suck but sometimes they are amazingly good. At any rate they've got some of the slinkiest strippers dancing for them. This fact matters much more in a club than at Burningman because almost everyone is naked in Black Rock City. Have fun!!! Institute for Psychic Reform Change your Mind www.ifpr.homestead.com

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