Subject: Looking for excellent, obscure prog
From: [email-masked] (Daniel Barrett)
Date: 1 Apr 1994 14:19:18 GMT
Newsgroups: alt.music.progressive

Does anybody have any information about the following prog bands?
I've heard their tapes, which are pretty damn amazing, but don't know
anything about the bands themselves.  If anybody has any information, how
about posting it?  Thanks.

ARTIST			ALBUM
====================================================
Child of Vishnu		Cantata of Life
Meo Peo			Halflife
Paaraan			Haakkaabaar V. S.
Tudor Tension		Killing Me Gently
Yad			Slirp Aloof

	BTW, I will pay $100 (US) for each of these albums -- original vinyl
only -- if anybody can locate copies.

                                                        Dan

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From: [email-masked] (Willy Smythe)
Newsgroups: alt.music.progressive
Subject: Re:  Looking for excellent, obscure prog
Date: 1 Apr 1994 17:09:44 GMT

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Daniel Barrett) writes:
>Child of Vishnu	Cantata of Life
>Meo Peo		Halflife
>Paaraan		Haakkaabaar V. S.
>Tudor Tension		Killing Me Gently
>Yad			Slirp Aloof

Wow, never knew anybody else was into Vishnu, totally excellent.  I also
have the Paaraan.  What a weird group.  Not sure I'd call it prog, but
its sure non-standard.  The album cover looks like a big butt cheek.

>	BTW, I will pay $100 (US) for each of these albums -- original vinyl
>only -- if anybody can locate copies.

I'm not so crazy about the Paaraan, but a collector tells me that its worth
at least $150.  Make me an offer.

Willy

From: [email-masked] (Daniel Barrett)
Newsgroups: alt.music.progressive
Subject: Re:  Looking for excellent, obscure prog
Date: 1 Apr 1994 17:46:49 GMT

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Willy Smythe) writes:
>Wow, never knew anybody else was into Vishnu, totally excellent.  I also
>have the Paaraan.  What a weird group.  Not sure I'd call it prog, but
>its sure non-standard.  The album cover looks like a big butt cheek.

	!!!  Somehow, I'm not too surprised, with song names like
"Bummedelica", "Cheeky Devil", and "Per Un Asshole".

>I'm not so crazy about the Paaraan, but a collector tells me that its worth
>at least $150.  Make me an offer.

	Oh, right.  Your "collector" buddy is full of crap.  What do you
think I am, STUPID or something?  You can insert your Paaraan album up your
you-know-what.

	Anybody else out there have any of these albums???

                                                        Dan

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From: [email-masked] (Willy Smythe)
Newsgroups: alt.music.progressive
Subject: Re:  Looking for excellent, obscure prog
Date: 1 Apr 1994 22:26:34 GMT

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Daniel Barrett) writes:
>In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Willy Smythe) writes:
>>I'm not so crazy about the Paaraan, but a collector tells me that its worth
>>at least $150.  Make me an offer.

>	Oh, right.  Your "collector" buddy is full of crap.  What do you
>think I am, STUPID or something?  You can insert your Paaraan album up your
>you-know-what.

Get stuffed you elitist pretencious pig!  For your information I just sold
the Paaraan album to Peter Thelen for $200.  And Mike Borella offered $175!
So up yours!

Willy

From: [email-masked] (Oliver B. Warzecha)
Newsgroups: alt.music.progressive
Subject: Re: Looking for excellent, obscure prog
Date: 2 Apr 1994 00:38:37 GMT

Daniel Barrett ([email-masked]) wrote:

: 	Does anybody have any information about the following prog bands?
: I've heard their tapes, which are pretty damn amazing, but don't know
: anything about the bands themselves.  If anybody has any information, how
: about posting it?  Thanks.

: ARTIST			ALBUM
: ====================================================
: Child of Vishnu		Cantata of Life
: Meo Peo			Halflife
: Paaraan			Haakkaabaar V. S.
: Tudor Tension		Killing Me Gently
: Yad			Slirp Aloof

: 	BTW, I will pay $100 (US) for each of these albums -- original vinyl
: only -- if anybody can locate copies.

Sorry, just bought the CD release from TT`s KMG yesterday. It was in the
cutout bin for 4,10 DM. They had lots of them, anyway. Catalog number
is CDJEERP003 from Boxing Mushroom Records - Excellent quality btw,
yet it is in DAA quality. But a "Infinitive Edition" rerelease will come
out in 12 months what will be remastered from the original 7-track-tapes.

But as said, no vinyl, sorry. I especially like the 3rd movement from
"bringing up the last six days of mothers pretentious staircase" titled as
"the immortal times of Yet Another Chainsaw".

OBW

Newsgroups: alt.music.progressive
From: [email-masked] (Mike Borella)
Subject: Re:  Looking for excellent, obscure prog
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 01:18:43 GMT

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Willy Smythe) writes:
>Get stuffed you elitist pretencious pig!  For your information I just sold
>the Paaraan album to Peter Thelen for $200.  And Mike Borella offered $175!
>So up yours!

What are you trying to say?  That Peter Thelen has more money than I do?  That
he has a better job?  A nicer wife?  More well-adjusted children?  A more
expensive car?  A better looking mistress?  A nymphomanic coke connection that
owns a Ferrari dealership?  

Who's elistist now????

-Mike (who's fragile ego has been irreparably bruised)

Newsgroups: alt.music.progressive
From: [email-masked] (Jim Harkins)
Subject: Re:  Looking for excellent, obscure prog
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 04:29:55 GMT

>>>The album cover looks like a big butt cheek.
>Isn't it really a picture of a tattoo of a butt cheek? 

Wasn't that a picture of a tattoo of a butt cheek with a tattoo of a butt
cheek?  I'll bet 70% of the readers are now thinking "huh?", the rest
are thinking 'heh heh heh'.

jim

-- 
"I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather.  Not screaming
in terror like his passengers."

Jim Harkins                          [email-masked] 
San Diego, CA.

Newsgroups: alt.music.progressive
From: [email-masked] (Mike Borella)
Subject: Re:  Looking for excellent, obscure prog
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 1994 06:15:28 GMT

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Jim Harkins) writes:
>>>>The album cover looks like a big butt cheek.
>>Isn't it really a picture of a tattoo of a butt cheek? 
>Wasn't that a picture of a tattoo of a butt cheek with a tattoo of a butt
>cheek?  I'll bet 70% of the readers are now thinking "huh?", the rest
>are thinking 'heh heh heh'.

Or are we just talking about Guru Guru's Hinten? :-)

-Mike

From: [email-masked] (Michael Feathers)
Newsgroups: alt.music.progressive
Subject: Re: Looking for excellent, obscure prog
Date: 2 Apr 1994 23:40:20 GMT

: >cheek?  I'll bet 70% of the readers are now thinking "huh?", the rest
: >are thinking 'heh heh heh'.

This thread looks to be the most elaborately staged and coordinated
April Fool's Day exhibition ever.

Either that, or you all are serious.  I wouldn' even want to ponder that one.

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From: [email-masked] (Daniel Barrett)
Newsgroups: alt.music.progressive
Subject: April Fools joke revealed (was Re: Looking for excellent, obscure prog)
Date: 3 Apr 1994 17:41:13 GMT

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Michael Feathers) writes:
>This thread looks to be the most elaborately staged and coordinated
>April Fool's Day exhibition ever.

	OK, April Fools Day is over, so I guess I can admit it. :-) "Willy
Smythe ([email-masked])" is not a real person -- I was using my
math.uh.edu account with a little News-posting trickery.

	If you take a close look at these fake progressive rock album
names:

	ARTIST			ALBUM
	====================================================
	Child of Vishnu		Cantata of Life
	Meo Peo			Halflife
	Paaraan			Haakkaabaar V. S.
	Tudor Tension		Killing Me Gently
	Yad			Slirp Aloof

you may notice that the last one is an anagram....  So no, I am not really
offering $100 each for these albums. ;-)

	Thanks to Mike Borella and the rest of the folks who figured out
that I was joking and joined in the fun!  "Album cover shaped like a
big butt cheek" indeed!!

	FYI, the post was inspired by Mike Borella's article last week
containing the names of more than 100 obscure prog bands, NONE of which I had
ever heard of.  I started thinking, how hard would it be to invent prog band
names and make people believe that they were real?

>Either that, or you all are serious.  I wouldn't even want to ponder that
>one.

	I don't blame you. :-)

                                                        Dan

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