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OT - Shameless eBay auction plug
by orb＠bc23.net 05 Feb '05

05 Feb '05

Hi Space Cadets, I'm off loading my vinyl and CD collection and here are the latest offerings. Uzect Plaush - More Beautiful Human Life http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4072978765&ssPageN ame=STRK:MESE:IT Namlook - Atom - PK 08/107 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4072977818&ssPageN ame=STRK:MESE:IT Koolfang II - Gig in the Sky - PK 08/106 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4072977495&ssPageN ame=STRK:MESE:IT Recurring Dreams of the Urban Myth - PS 08/54 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4072975426&ssPageN ame=STRK:MESE:IT 2350 Broadway Collection MP3 002 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4072974317&ssPageN ame=STRK:MESE:IT

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fluke orb remixes?
by ORBscureDDJ 04 Feb '05

04 Feb '05

evening all... http://tinyurl.com/4g53p http://tinyurl.com/4xlj9 anybody got any info on these two cd's on ebay? and the orb link... if there is any ;o) + + OÂ®BsÂ©uÂ®eDDJ + + http://www.orbscureddj.btinternet.co.uk/orbscureddj.html live and direct via soulseek in room # ((++the ultraworld++)) ++class of 89-93 - big up the tooting massive++

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Thailand tips / info
by -<(:: jason ::)>- 04 Feb '05

04 Feb '05

Bit off topic, but I will be heading to Thailand later this month (Feb 18th) for about 2.5 weeks. Never been, and needless to say, I am very excited! :-) I will be heading to Koh Samui, Koh Phagnan (for the full moon party), Bankok, and Chaing Mai. Does anyone have any recommendations on specific places to check out? Temples, snorkeling, forest treks, waterfalls, lodging, etc. There's loads of info on the web (too much!), but looking for recommendations from actual experienced travelers vs. marketing websites. Anyone got any pointers? Also, I know it's an officially a "no-no", but I am definitely looking to get my smoke on/Thai stick salvation, but have heard both horror and success stories. Anyone have any experience? :-) _jason_ _________ ________ _______ _____ ____ ___ __ _ _ _

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RE: [Orb] Thailand tips / info
by Don Gagen 04 Feb '05

04 Feb '05

Before you consider buying or using any drugs in Thailand you should do a bit of research. I travel outside US quite frequently. Thailand is at the top of my list for places to stay the hell away from drugs. Though tempting as it might be, just using illegal drugs in Thailand carries a 15 year jail sentence. Did you know they can force you to take a urine drug test without cause? Refuse and that's considered an admission of guilt. The penalty for drug trafficking is death or life in prison if you are lucky. I first learned about Thai prisons after reading "The Damage Done" by Warren Fellows, who got busted transporting drugs in Thailand. Just read a few reviews of the book and you'll soon get the idea. http://www.farangonline.com/disp_articles.asp?art=371&origin=Media%20Tha i-Ins http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/184018275X/qid=1107537909/ sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/104-6976802-0423155?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 You might rent Broken Down Palace to get a sugar coated version of what their prisons are really like. The info below is from the US state department. http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1040.html >From the US "Penalties for the possession, use, or trafficking of illegal drugs in Thailand are severe. Convicted offenders can expect long prison sentences under harsh conditions, and often-heavy fines as well. Thailand also has a death penalty for serious drug offenses, and has executed convicted traffickers. The U.S. Embassy frequently does not learn of the arrest of U.S. citizens for minor drug offenses, particularly in southern Thailand, until several days after the incident. Thai police occasionally raid discos, bars, or nightclubs looking for underage patrons and drug users. During the raids, they typically check the IDs of all customers in the establishment, and then make each person provide a urine sample to be checked for narcotics. Foreigners are not excused from these checks, and anyone whose urine tests positive for drugs is arrested and charged. Although some Thai civil libertarians have questioned the constitutionality of these forced urine tests, the Embassy is unaware of any successful challenge to the practice, and customers can be jailed if they do not cooperate." "There is no greater joy than soaring high on the wings of your dreams, except maybe the joy of watching a dreamer who has nowhere to land but in the ocean of reality." Despair INC. DONALD D GAGEN MAILTO:DGAGEN@ENSEMBLESTUDIOS.COM ENSEMBLE STUDIOS http://www.ensemblestudios.com -----Original Message----- From: orb-bounces+dgagen=ensemblestudios.com(a)mailman.xmission.com [mailto:orb-bounces+dgagen=ensemblestudios.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of -<(:: jason ::)>- Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 12:38 PM To: What were the skies like when you were young? Subject: [Orb] Thailand tips / info Bit off topic, but I will be heading to Thailand later this month (Feb 18th) for about 2.5 weeks. Never been, and needless to say, I am very excited! :-) I will be heading to Koh Samui, Koh Phagnan (for the full moon party), Bankok, and Chaing Mai. Does anyone have any recommendations on specific places to check out? Temples, snorkeling, forest treks, waterfalls, lodging, etc. There's loads of info on the web (too much!), but looking for recommendations from actual experienced travelers vs. marketing websites. Anyone got any pointers? Also, I know it's an officially a "no-no", but I am definitely looking to get my smoke on/Thai stick salvation, but have heard both horror and success stories. Anyone have any experience? :-) _jason_ _________ ________ _______ _____ ____ ___ __ _ _ _ _______________________________________________ Orb mailing list Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb Report list abuse to list-abuse at studio-nibble.com

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[Poll] 3 Most Favourite Albums and 3 Least Favourite Albums
by marcolphus 04 Feb '05

04 Feb '05

Since it's nothing interesting going on here, I propose poll: Name your 3 most favourite Orb albums and 3 least favourite Orb Albums (excluding U.F.Off, Peel Sessions and other compilations). You can choose from: 1. The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld 2. U.F.Orb 3. Live'93 4. Pomme Fritz. The Orb's Little Album 5. Orbus Terrarum 6. Orblivion 7. Cydonia 8. Bicycles & Tricycles Here are my types: Most Favourite: 1. Orbus Terrarum 2. Orblivion 3. U.F.Orb Least Favourite: 1. Cydonia 2. The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld 3. Bicycles & Tricycles And You? -- == gry dodawane do czasopism ============= http://www.markolf.prv.pl == == http://members.tripod.com/markolf ==== complete fluke discography ==

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Re: [Orb] [OT]Bathford Village
by jon doe 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

Sorry, going off topic here, www.bathford.com it is a village website, check the history, then visit the forum. It makes no sense on the forum until you start swearing- go crazy, you will see what i mean. ======================================== Message date : Feb 03 2005, 05:42 PM >From : "ORBscureDDJ" To : "Orb Mailing List" Copy to : Subject : [Orb] fluke orb remixes? evening all... http://tinyurl.com/4g53p http://tinyurl.com/4xlj9 anybody got any info on these two cd's on ebay? and the orb link... if there is any ;o) + + O®Bs©u®eDDJ + + http://www.orbscureddj.btinternet.co.uk/orbscureddj.html live and direct via soulseek in room # ((++the ultraworld++)) ++class of 89-93 - big up the tooting massive++ _______________________________________________ Orb mailing list Orb(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/orb Report list abuse to list-abuse at studio-nibble.com www.clsm.net -- Whatever you Wanadoo: http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/time/ This email has been checked for most known viruses - find out more at: http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/help/id/7098.htm

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ORBNESS - ORB / LX DJ dates
by Smiley 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

some bits and pieces for you all... FEB 4 LONDON @ JACKS - Nr LONDON BRIDGE - for OXFAMS SE ASIA APPEAL http://furthur.info/relief.htm FEB 20 SHEFFIELD @ THE CORPORATION - for TSUNAMI APPEAL FEB 24 & 25 LONDON @ SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE - 25th ANNIVERSARY SHOWS With KILLING JOKE http://www.killingjoke.com/ PLEASE NOTE ALEX PATERSON IS DJ'ing - THE ORB IS NOT PLAYING LIVE AS PREVIOUSLY INDICATED ON KILLING JOKE WEBSITE!! MARCH 5 LE PETIT ORB W/Thomas Fehlmann LEEDS - TECHNIQUE @ HARRISON STREET http://www.technique.org.uk MARCH 17 BRIGHTON @ CONCORDE 2 Also DJ'ing - Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy info: 01273 678811 APRIL 1 LE PETIT ORB W/THOMAS FEHLMANN JAPAN - OSAKA @ CLUB KARMA APRIL 2 LE PETIT ORB W/THOMAS FEHLMANN JAPAN - TOKYO @ CLUB UNIT JULY 9 LE PETIT ORB W/Thomas Fehlmann BERLIN @ CLUB MARIA cheers, --- Smiley ---------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 590 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try www.SPAMfighter.com for free now!

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OFF TOPIC Wots on your stereo this week....
by Mark Weston 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

Wots everyone listing to at the moment: here's mine in no particular order 1 Handsome Boy Modeling School 'White People' 2 Donovan A Gift From A Flower To A Garden 3 Mikey Dread Dread at the Controls 4 Lemonjelly 64/95 5 Uriah Heep Live 6 The free cd that was given out at the Coronet gig in october Regards Mark W.

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RE: [Orb] fav albums poll
by Tim C 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

MAN, Cydonia and B&T have certainly come in for quite a drubbing on this poll. A couple observations, all IMO and not intending to actually call anyone an Idiot: 1) B&T I can sort of see. While there is some superior stuff on there (and I argue this is still the Orb and still superior to most electronica - the only thing that is sort of close to Orb magic in whatever form is Meat Beat IMO), it does disappoint in that it's very tracky, songs don't flow into one another, etc. Of course, this criticism falls apart when it is observed that many classic Orb albums don't do that either - it's just the master ones like Terrarvm and Cydonia that do. My main gripe is a couple of tracks are very non-Orby (deep house one for example), but I've said it before and I'll say it again - I'd rather have them screw around and try different things than put LFC on an album 12 times and release that. Rush didn't stop at Tom Sawyer/Moving Pictures, for crying out loud. 2) Cydonia - you people are out of your minds. That album has more good shit on it, and flows together, and is just freaking awesome. SIGH. Yeah, everyone is entitled to opinions and so forth, but come on! While the evidence is before me and can't be denied that many are disappointed with this one, I think it's practically as good as Terrarvm, has a lot of really cool shit that rocks coupled with some classic Orb dub/ambient excursions, and is an immenently satisfying listen. 3) UFOrb is not all that good, IMO. It has some true classics and some of Orb's most dance-floor disposable stuff. There, I said it and I'm glad. I love the album but I certainly don't think it's better than Cydonia, or even Orblivion. 4) I'm actually surprised by how many have come to like Terrarvm. When I saw that tour, everyone was like ??!! about the new stuff, hated the new album, couldn't understand it, wanted UW/UFO stuff. I saw LX dj, opening for MBM on the Sub Sand tour (i.e, after the Orb's T tour), got my cd signed - I took the sheet that fits behind the clear cd tray, which he was a bit puzzled by at first till he realized what it was and that sig would be both on display and protected - I explained that I wanted that one signed and not UW/LFC or whatever because I thought it was the finest thing they'd done by far, that the live show had rocked, etc. He seemed very pleased that someone Got It; it was obvious that not many people had at that point. Sooo, hopefully the good Dr. is aware that opinion has come around, finally.... T

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fav albums poll
by Michael Hlady 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

Hard to put down concretely but, Favs 1) UFOrb 2) Orbvs Terrarum 3) Live93 4) Orblivion 5) Pomme Fritz Least played but still fun 1) ABTU 2) Cydonia 3) Bitches & Trainingwheels OFF TOPIC: Has anybody ever had an experience such as hallucinating on mushrooms at an outdoor rave/festival and coming to the conclusion that the music the dj was playing was actually a form of contact signal to outerspace and that some form of light beams (visible and multicolored) were being sent back to the location of the party from a star in the sky? My friend and I have each experienced something similar on seperate occasions a few years and several hundred kilometers apart without knowledge of the other's experience until years after the fact. All of it was taking as blasphemy at the time but now seems quite odd that it was common to both of us. The events were isolated and have not occurred with other shroom consumptions Just wondering, if not please disregard. BS remarks or critiquing not required. Peacout, MikeD _________________________________________________________________ Take advantage of powerful junk e-mail filters built on patented Microsoft® SmartScreen Technology. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=ht… Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*.

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