Saturday, March 31, 2018
SPRING PARTY at T.R.A.C.S
T.R.A.C.S at Timothy Plaza on River Island
Your taxi to T.R.A.C.S: http://slurl.com/secondlife/River%20Island/194/110/1007
SPRING (season)
Spring
is one of the four conventional temperate seasons, following winter and
preceding summer. There are various technical definitions of spring, but local
usage of the term varies according to local climate, cultures and customs. When
it is spring in the Northern Hemisphere, it is autumn in the Southern
Hemisphere and vice versa. At the spring, or vernal, equinox, days are
approximately 12 hours long with day length increasing as the season
progresses.
Spring
and "springtime" refer to the season, and also to ideas of rebirth,
rejuvenation, renewal, resurrection and regrowth. Subtropical and tropical
areas have climates better described in terms of other seasons, e.g. dry or
wet, monsoonal or cyclonic. Cultures may have local names for seasons which
have little equivalence to the terms originating in Europe.
See also these older posts: https://christo-second-live.blogspot.nl/search?q=springThursday, March 29, 2018
Friday, March 23, 2018
PINK FLOYD Party at T.R.A.C.S
T.R.A.C.S at Timothy Plaza on River Island
Your taxi to T.R.A.C.S: http://slurl.com/secondlife/River%20Island/194/110/1007
PINK FLOYD
Pink
Floyd were an English rock band formed in London in 1965. They achieved
international acclaim with their progressive and psychedelic music.
Distinguished by their use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation,
extended compositions, and elaborate live shows, they are one of the most
commercially successful and influential groups in popular music history.
Pink
Floyd were founded by students Syd Barrett on guitar and lead vocals, Nick
Mason on drums, Roger Waters on bass and vocals, and Richard Wright on
keyboards and vocals. They gained popularity performing in London's underground
music scene during the late 1960s, and under Barrett's leadership released two
charting singles and a successful debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
(1967). Guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour joined in December 1967; Barrett
left in April 1968 due to deteriorating mental health. Waters became the band's
primary lyricist and conceptual leader, devising the concepts behind their
albums The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals
(1977), The Wall (1979) and The Final Cut (1983). The
pink floyd at live8 -2005 - (L-R) David, Roger, Nick, Richard |
Dark Side of the Moon and
The Wall became two of the best-selling albums of all time.
Following
creative tensions, Wright left Pink Floyd in 1979, followed by Waters in 1985.
Gilmour and Mason continued as Pink Floyd; Wright rejoined them as a session
musician and, later, band member. The three produced two more albums—A
Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) and The Division Bell (1994)—and toured
through 1994. After nearly two decades of enmity, Gilmour, Wright, and Mason
reunited with Waters in 2005 to perform as Pink Floyd in London as part of the
global awareness event Live 8; Gilmour and Waters later stated they had no
further plans to reunite the band. Barrett died in 2006, and Wright in 2008.
The final Pink Floyd studio album, The Endless River (2014), was recorded
without Waters and based almost entirely on unreleased material.
Pink
Floyd were inducted into the American Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and
the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. By 2013, the band had sold more than 250
million records worldwide.
The Dark Side
of the Moon
Pink Floyd
recorded The Dark Side of the Moon between May 1972 and January 1973, with EMI
staff engineer Alan Parsons at Abbey Road. The title is an allusion to lunacy
rather than astronomy. The band had composed and refined the material on Dark
Side while touring the UK, Japan, North America and Europe. Producer Chris
Thomas assisted Parsons. Hipgnosis designed the album's packaging, which
included George Hardie's iconic refracting prism design on the cover.
Thorgerson's Dark Side album cover features a beam of white light, representing
unity, passing through a prism, which represents society. The resulting
refracted beam of coloured light symbolises unity diffracted, leaving an
absence of unity. Waters is the sole author of the album's lyrics.
Released in
March 1973, the LP became an instant chart success in the UK and throughout
Western Europe, earning an enthusiastic response from critics.
And my favorite is....................
Friday, March 16, 2018
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