John Dowland, as you probably know, ........

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Posted by Winston Smith (A) on January 29, 2015 at 00:39:00

In Reply to: "Flow My Tears" posted by Luminator on January 28, 2015 at 20:55:08:

.... wrote the original "Flow My Tears" many hundreds of years ago.

My favorite sci-fi author, Philip K. Dick, wrote the superb novel entitled, "Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said", which in part focused on Dowland's work and also had some very cool references to audio and audiophile stuff, such as when the protagonist opines that a possible reason there is no sound coming from the record being spun is that needle is riding on the fine ridge between grooves. Only an inveterate drug abuser (ask PKD was) could come up with such a wild idea.

Unless of course we remember that the original Monty Python's "Matching Tie and Handkerchief" album had TWO grooves on one side, so that when you played that side, you had a 50-50 chance of hearing one track or the other. When my best friend and I played the album for the first time, we had no idea about the two tracks.

So, after we listened to both sides and laughed our asses off, we decided we wanted to hear the entire album again right away. But when we re-played that side with the two tracks, and the second track came on, we absolutely freaked out! We were flabbergasted. How could we not remember something we just played not more than 40 minutes ago? We were really puzzled until we investigated fully and found out what was up.

I suspect that the Pythonites (like PKD) may have been a little 'altered' when they came up with that idea (or at least we like to think so...... ) ;-)

(BTW, Dowland's 'FMT' is very lovely.)

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Topic - whats flowing - G Squared 19:13:03 01/28/15 (9)

"Flow My Tears" - Luminator 20:55:08 01/28/15 (7)

Please recommend a Techno CD with LOTS of BASS! - oldmkvi 08:56:46 01/29/15 (2)

Muse - G Squared 17:36:24 01/29/15 (0)

RE: Please recommend a Techno CD with LOTS of BASS! - mkuller 10:27:11 01/29/15 (0)

Now we're starting to date ourselves- I've got that on cassette!!! - Dman 05:36:05 01/29/15 (0)

John Dowland, as you probably know, ........ - Winston Smith 00:39:00 01/29/15 (2)

You realize that I now have another LP to add to the ever-growing short list? nt - Dman 05:37:56 01/29/15 (1)

Let me know if you can find it! - Winston Smith 10:56:55 01/29/15 (0)

funny you start this. I was still kinda flustered at the below thread. Tech has and will do good. Bo Diddley - 2chJunkie 20:31:48 01/28/15 (0)

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John Dowland, as you probably know, ........ - Winston Smith 00:39:00 01/29/15 (2)

You realize that I now have another LP to add to the ever-growing short list? nt - Dman 05:37:56 01/29/15 (1)

Let me know if you can find it! - Winston Smith 10:56:55 01/29/15 (0)

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