Tom was, quite literally, amazed, on reading my last posting …

Please be aware that, while I genuinely like some Tull stuff, I certainly don’t rate them particularly highly in the great scheme of things (their version of “The Dambusters March” is literally unlistenable). I’m well aware that they’re the least fashionable band in the world and will probably remain so forever (I don’t think they’d benefit even from a major Prog revival should it happen, so erratic and wilful is Ian Anderson’s exaggerated troubadour shtick that was critically despised even then). But I do feel that the influence of punk so as to exclude virtually everything in the preceding few years has become overt, and it was partially a genuine expression of historical interest and partially an act of sheer, wilful subversion. At a time when Freaky Trigger is giving ample space to destructions of contemporary sacred cows, I thought I’d turn it round, to praise a band whose awfulness is now pretty much taken as read, to question the orthodoxy.

And I think it’s worked as such.

1. BeeKompany on September 8th, 2006

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2. FT's pˆnk s lord sükråt cunctør on September 8th, 2006

   kudos to the BeeKompany for reviving this old-skool FT post of Robin’s!!

   (i edited slightly to remove the ENTIRE paragraph from the heading, which looked untidy)

3. FT's Admin on September 8th, 2006

   now do i mark that as spam and leave mark’s comment looking out of place?

4. FT's pˆnk s lord sükråt cunctør on September 8th, 2006

   haha sorry — you can edit my comment thusly if you want:

   kudos to the BeeKompany [whose spam had to be deleted -- admin] for reviving…

5. Marcello Carlin on August 14th, 2007

   this spammer’s name looks uncomfortably close to that of a leading broadsheet music writer what is the seamy underbelly WE MUST BE TOLD julia bradbury reports

6. FT's Alan on August 14th, 2007

   er sorry marcello - i marked that as spam without looking at the thread. god knows why certain posts, there are about half-a-dozen, here on FT are so doggedly spammed. some weird freak of google algorithm?

7. Marcello Carlin on August 14th, 2007

   In truth it wasn’t worth keeping. I’m sure Pink Floyd’s management have something to do with it all.

8. cyberbucks on October 10th, 2007

   Hello

   Money is the enemy of most entrepreneurs and marketers. Actually, that’s not true. The search for money, the need for money and the desire to spend the money you have are the enemy.

   From movies (Superman vs. Syriana or WordPlay) to coffee (Maxwell House vs. Starbucks) to technology (Microsoft vs. a kid in a room in Germany) we see it over and over again.

   First rule: great product development and marketing almost always comes from organizations that don’t have enough money. Having less money keeps you from trying to buy your way out of trouble.

   Second rule: learning to live with less money means you will develop skills and resources instead of buying them. And it means that when you have less money (again), you’ll be prepared.

   Third rule: When you need money for something specific, go get it. But just for that. With good terms. As soon as you spend money to protect your money or leverage your money or account for your money or send a message about your money, the money is not only wasted, it hurts you.

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   Bye