Comments on: Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2006/05/09/orchestral-maneuvers-in-the-dark/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:57:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: massdistraction http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2006/05/09/orchestral-maneuvers-in-the-dark/#comment-64 massdistraction Sat, 13 May 2006 20:44:31 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/index.php/2006/05/09/orchestral-maneuvers-in-the-dark/#comment-64 I'm glad you enjoyed it Matt, despite the blasted beeping noises my camera makes! Heidi - I've never seen Peter Murphy solo, but I did go a little overboard and see Bauhaus three times (in L.A. and Chicago) when they first reunited in 1998. And it was also the same sort of experience...especially since so many of us in the audience had been waiting a decade or longer to see them. And mopsa, I can totally see lolife doing that - and I'm glad that we've all managed to find each other. It makes for one hell of an interesting and comfortable work environment :-) I’m glad you enjoyed it Matt, despite the blasted beeping noises my camera makes! Heidi - I’ve never seen Peter Murphy solo, but I did go a little overboard and see Bauhaus three times (in L.A. and Chicago) when they first reunited in 1998. And it was also the same sort of experience…especially since so many of us in the audience had been waiting a decade or longer to see them. And mopsa, I can totally see lolife doing that - and I’m glad that we’ve all managed to find each other. It makes for one hell of an interesting and comfortable work environment :-)

]]> By: Matt http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2006/05/09/orchestral-maneuvers-in-the-dark/#comment-52 Matt Wed, 10 May 2006 15:46:05 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/index.php/2006/05/09/orchestral-maneuvers-in-the-dark/#comment-52 The Sigur Rós show was indeed awesome... and nice pictures, too! I was happy to be there. The Sigur Rós show was indeed awesome… and nice pictures, too! I was happy to be there.

]]> By: heidi http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2006/05/09/orchestral-maneuvers-in-the-dark/#comment-51 heidi Wed, 10 May 2006 05:03:51 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/index.php/2006/05/09/orchestral-maneuvers-in-the-dark/#comment-51 Hearing Peter Murphy live in Denver was that kind of transcendent experience for me. Dead on descriptions. Cool photos on Flickr from the concert, too. Hearing Peter Murphy live in Denver was that kind of transcendent experience for me. Dead on descriptions. Cool photos on Flickr from the concert, too.

]]> By: mopsa http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2006/05/09/orchestral-maneuvers-in-the-dark/#comment-50 mopsa Wed, 10 May 2006 04:52:24 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/index.php/2006/05/09/orchestral-maneuvers-in-the-dark/#comment-50 wow. that's cool. sorry I missed them. darn my own artistic pursuits. on a related note -- when I first met lolife he took me to lunch and asked me if I believed in god (he asked me a bunch of excellent and inappropriate questions) and I told him music was my religion and when I was carried away by song it was the closest I could come to god and praying. He totally got it. and the beat goes on, I guess. wow. that’s cool. sorry I missed them. darn my own artistic pursuits. on a related note — when I first met lolife he took me to lunch and asked me if I believed in god (he asked me a bunch of excellent and inappropriate questions) and I told him music was my religion and when I was carried away by song it was the closest I could come to god and praying. He totally got it. and the beat goes on, I guess.

]]> By: massdistraction http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2006/05/09/orchestral-maneuvers-in-the-dark/#comment-49 massdistraction Wed, 10 May 2006 03:10:12 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/index.php/2006/05/09/orchestral-maneuvers-in-the-dark/#comment-49 Excellent that you were able to see them too. And, wow, that quote is so very spot on. Also forgot to mention...when one of the women from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/49503124519@N01/143255420/" rel="nofollow">Amiina</a> was speaking, with her lilting Icelandic accent, it made me want to hop on a plane and go right back to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/49503124519@N01/sets/72057594085156283/" rel="nofollow">Reykjavik</a>. Excellent that you were able to see them too. And, wow, that quote is so very spot on.

Also forgot to mention…when one of the women from Amiina was speaking, with her lilting Icelandic accent, it made me want to hop on a plane and go right back to Reykjavik.

]]> By: Josh http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2006/05/09/orchestral-maneuvers-in-the-dark/#comment-48 Josh Tue, 09 May 2006 22:26:28 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/index.php/2006/05/09/orchestral-maneuvers-in-the-dark/#comment-48 I'm going through a heavy Sigur Rós phase right now. I just saw them for the first time this weekend in SLC and was blown away despite high expectations. My favorite Sigur Rós-as-religion quote is: "You could say that in sceptical, self-conscious times, Sigur Rós offers reverence without religion and grandeur without guilt." Can't find the source right now, but that sums up my feelings perfectly. I’m going through a heavy Sigur Rós phase right now. I just saw them for the first time this weekend in SLC and was blown away despite high expectations. My favorite Sigur Rós-as-religion quote is:

“You could say that in sceptical, self-conscious times, Sigur Rós offers reverence without religion and grandeur without guilt.”

Can’t find the source right now, but that sums up my feelings perfectly.

]]> By: massdistraction http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2006/05/09/orchestral-maneuvers-in-the-dark/#comment-47 massdistraction Tue, 09 May 2006 20:01:16 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/index.php/2006/05/09/orchestral-maneuvers-in-the-dark/#comment-47 I've never seen them, but I can totally see where it would be that sort of show. Sigh. You know, the husband actually listens to them quite a bit...which almost seems out of character, for him. I’ve never seen them, but I can totally see where it would be that sort of show. Sigh. You know, the husband actually listens to them quite a bit…which almost seems out of character, for him.

]]> By: Iseult http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/2006/05/09/orchestral-maneuvers-in-the-dark/#comment-46 Iseult Tue, 09 May 2006 15:09:45 +0000 http://www.massdistraction.org/weblog/index.php/2006/05/09/orchestral-maneuvers-in-the-dark/#comment-46 That's exactly how I felt when I first saw Dean Can Dance in concert at the Orpheum in Minneapolis . . . the sense of exaltation, the freedom to deeply feel the music in a personal way but also within the larger group sense of the audience gathering into one humming, concentrated mass. That’s exactly how I felt when I first saw Dean Can Dance in concert at the Orpheum in Minneapolis . . . the sense of exaltation, the freedom to deeply feel the music in a personal way but also within the larger group sense of the audience gathering into one humming, concentrated mass.

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