Comments on: 'Sputnik And Beyond' video online http://blog.thomasdolby.com/?p=494 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:14:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Heretics R Us http://blog.thomasdolby.com/?p=494&cpage=1#comment-3507 Heretics R Us Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:39:09 +0000 http://blog.thomasdolby.com/?p=494#comment-3507 Wow. I step away from the blog for a few months and find here a treasure. What beautiful, eerie, haunting, ironic, hysterical, cynical thoughts, images and music flow forth. This is terrifying, sad and funny at the same time. I also find it amazing to see how little we have changed. We as a species are so easily manipulated. This could have easily been culled from 'the yellow cake' broadcast, or the 'New York mushroom cloud' campaign. There are two art events happening in San Antonio very soon. I've worked with the organizers of both: Luminaria, http://www.luminariasa.com/ and the reopening of the McNay Art Museum http://www.mcnayart.org/ I wonder if either could afford something of this calibre. I'll look into it and I'll definitely send them these links. Wow. I step away from the blog for a few months and find here a treasure. What beautiful, eerie, haunting, ironic, hysterical, cynical thoughts, images and music flow forth. This is terrifying, sad and funny at the same time. I also find it amazing to see how little we have changed. We as a species are so easily manipulated. This could have easily been culled from ‘the yellow cake’ broadcast, or the ‘New York mushroom cloud’ campaign. There are two art events happening in San Antonio very soon. I’ve worked with the organizers of both:
Luminaria,
http://www.luminariasa.com/
and the reopening of the McNay Art Museum
http://www.mcnayart.org/
I wonder if either could afford something of this calibre. I’ll look into it and I’ll definitely send them these links.

]]> By: jgator http://blog.thomasdolby.com/?p=494&cpage=1#comment-3506 jgator Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:08:02 +0000 http://blog.thomasdolby.com/?p=494#comment-3506 What an interesting way of bringing back day yore! I can see a single from some of those excerpts. A tad "Gate to the minds' with a tad of "one of our submarines" on your next work. A very I find it most interesting that when I get fringe fans to look and listen at your work how splendidly shocked they are at your talent. Where is that next album coming! We saw you you here in Florida and the performance was exquisite! What an interesting way of bringing back day yore! I can see a single from some of those excerpts. A tad “Gate to the minds’ with a tad of “one of our submarines” on your next work. A very I find it most interesting that when I get fringe fans to look and listen at your work how splendidly shocked they are at your talent. Where is that next album coming!
We saw you you here in Florida and the performance was exquisite!

]]> By: Bawdsey bouy http://blog.thomasdolby.com/?p=494&cpage=1#comment-3505 Bawdsey bouy Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:53:36 +0000 http://blog.thomasdolby.com/?p=494#comment-3505 Thomas, It came out well then, hardly amateur Thomas! I downloaded the files last night. Watched them again this morning, brings it all back of what a great night it was. The look on your face says it all, you were grining like a Cheshire cat at the end. A nice early Xmas present to the forum. It was a pleasure and an honour to help you out. Regards Lindon Thomas,
It came out well then, hardly amateur Thomas!
I downloaded the files last night.
Watched them again this morning, brings it all back of what a great night it was.
The look on your face says it all, you were grining like a Cheshire cat at the end.
A nice early Xmas present to the forum.
It was a pleasure and an honour to help you out.

Regards
Lindon

]]> By: BeechwoodAve http://blog.thomasdolby.com/?p=494&cpage=1#comment-3500 BeechwoodAve Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:55:22 +0000 http://blog.thomasdolby.com/?p=494#comment-3500 Oops... never mind about the question about the film's origin... just re-read the post. Was too excited to watch the clips to read the whole thing the first time around! Beech Oops… never mind about the question about the film’s origin… just re-read the post. Was too excited to watch the clips to read the whole thing the first time around!

Beech

]]> By: BeechwoodAve http://blog.thomasdolby.com/?p=494&cpage=1#comment-3504 BeechwoodAve Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:14:17 +0000 http://blog.thomasdolby.com/?p=494#comment-3504 This was such a fun trip full of nostalgia, humor and technological history... thanks for letting us all see this special show. The debussy at the end with Theremin was pretty amazing, but it was a thrill to hear snippets of Gothic floating through the mix... Was the film created specifically for the event? I think it would make an interesting documentary/commentary about the time (with your musical contributions as soundtrack, of course!). Beech This was such a fun trip full of nostalgia, humor and technological history… thanks for letting us all see this special show. The debussy at the end with Theremin was pretty amazing, but it was a thrill to hear snippets of Gothic floating through the mix…

Was the film created specifically for the event? I think it would make an interesting documentary/commentary about the time (with your musical contributions as soundtrack, of course!).

Beech

]]> By: victheremin http://blog.thomasdolby.com/?p=494&cpage=1#comment-3499 victheremin Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:55:53 +0000 http://blog.thomasdolby.com/?p=494#comment-3499 Good god, with theremin AND Thomas Dolby. I would have fainted from delight. Good god, with theremin AND Thomas Dolby. I would have fainted from delight.

]]> By: Retrocanary http://blog.thomasdolby.com/?p=494&cpage=1#comment-3503 Retrocanary Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:40:09 +0000 http://blog.thomasdolby.com/?p=494#comment-3503 I was singing "oh what a beautiful morning" earlier today, funnily enough, it turns out I was right when I come home to find this. Great Stuff!! I was singing “oh what a beautiful morning” earlier today, funnily enough, it turns out I was right when I come home to find this. Great Stuff!!

]]> By: heretic http://blog.thomasdolby.com/?p=494&cpage=1#comment-3502 heretic Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:42:00 +0000 http://blog.thomasdolby.com/?p=494#comment-3502 P.S. For those of you looking for the Thunderbirds theme, its found in part 3. P.P.S. Notice Kit's white coat. Is that his usual stage get up I wonder, or perhaps a homage to TDMR? Cheers, Andrew P.S. For those of you looking for the Thunderbirds theme, its found in part 3.

P.P.S. Notice Kit’s white coat. Is that his usual stage get up I wonder, or perhaps a homage to TDMR?

Cheers,
Andrew

]]> By: heretic http://blog.thomasdolby.com/?p=494&cpage=1#comment-3501 heretic Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:31:29 +0000 http://blog.thomasdolby.com/?p=494#comment-3501 Wonderful work Thomas. Thanks for your efforts both in putting together such a polished performance in the time you had a available, and for making these videos available to those of us that were fortunate enough to be there on the night and for the many more who were not. I know there was an awful lot going on at the time with the Jazz Mafia Heathrowgate and preparing for the UK tour, but how was the experience of working with Bruce again after all these years? Regardless of an expansion of the Sputnik project, do you think you two might work together on new songs for your album? Wonderful work Thomas. Thanks for your efforts both in putting together such a polished performance in the time you had a available, and for making these videos available to those of us that were fortunate enough to be there on the night and for the many more who were not.

I know there was an awful lot going on at the time with the Jazz Mafia Heathrowgate and preparing for the UK tour, but how was the experience of working with Bruce again after all these years? Regardless of an expansion of the Sputnik project, do you think you two might work together on new songs for your album?

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