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@Alan Good to hear....Perhaps your local/city library may be a good place to track some of his works down, 'On The Edge' would be a good start, for some cracking ghost/horror stories... Just an idea, as no doubt some will be difficult to find, long OOP...Anyway, good luck, and you should have fun..I love tracking stuff down like that..👍 In the meantime, one more De la Mare poem, with a theme a little closer to home..😉 The Song Of Shadows "Sweep thy faint strings, Musician, With thy long lean hand; Downward the starry tapers burn, Sinks soft the waning sand; The old hound whimpers couched in sleep, The embers smoulder low; Across the walls the shadows Come, and go. Sweep softly thy strings, Musician, The minutes mount to hours; Frost on the windless casement weaves A labyrinth of flowers; Ghosts linger in the darkening air, Hearken at the open door; Music hath called them, dreaming, Home once more."

Hi Alan and thanks for the reply. As you say, it is a haunting poem and one I'm very fond of. I am somewhat a fan of the works of Walter de la Mare. It has been very quiet in DV and I thought posting this particular work somehow seemed appropriate, even if only from the perspective of providing an entertaining and (possibly) stimulating 'interlude', especially for those who may not be familiar with his poetry and stories...well worth investigating, IMHO. Other than that, we're not ready to ride back into the forest yet😉...As with most things in life, including here at Dreamsville, we'll keep moving forwards, and see what happens..👍 Cheers, Alan.

Bristol, 1924.

I mean, you've got a Bill Nelson album title, for starters..😉

@Alec Yes....Maybe Tom Waits would fit the bill as well, on the charisma front.

Really great and, as you say, the other side of the same coin..😎 TBH, Michael Landau is not a musician I'm that familiar with, but I love this kind of stuff, as I would imagine most people here do...When hearing this, you immediately think of the likes of Bill Nelson, David Sylvian, RTC, Nine Horses and associated musicians/artists/collaborators. If that first video performance 'improvisation', which is absolutely beautiful, were to become a track with vocals, then David Sylvian's voice would be perfect, a match made in heaven...An album collaboration in this musical vein, between Landau and Sylvian, would potentially be very interesting and exciting. As a result, I'm going to check out 'Organic Instrumentals' and more about Michael Landau...👍😎

Hey steve, just to follow up what merikan said, re the 2017 gig: Polyphia, Intervals and Nick Johnston..and what a gig that must have been! Well, if you are not familiar, you must check out Nick Johnston. A Canadian guitarist who I think is absolutely superb..Technically brilliant, but also a melodic player with tons of feeling in there as well, certainly amongst my very favourite players. Here's a video of Nick playing live at the 2017 NAMM show, same year as merikan's gig. I'm pretty sure his playing in this will blow you away. I have watched this particular video many times, scores of times and never tire..and it's great to see the small handful of people around the demo booth and their reactions and smiles...Hope you enjoy.

Thanks for the replies guys...No, I'm not trying to contact astro, or anyone from the old forum, personally. I do miss quite a lot of the old crew who used to post regularly on the old site and the general banter it used to generate (ups and downs) and I think there was much more of a community spirit back then and so, to that extent, I do miss it...Maybe when I made the post above, I was feeling a little nostalgic/wistful/reflective. I'm sure anyone who used to be a regular and wanted to pick up the thread again on the new forum, would do so, so it's best left at that really...But I was just sending out a few nice positive vibes, in the hope that J and one or two of the old crew might just receive them...Anyway, thanks for the input and advice/ideas, much appreciated and nice to see some 'old faces' again!

@steve lyles He he...indeed they do😉 The one you posted is a cracker and they really are very good musicians. ...and, I'm not exactly sure why, but I particularly like this video of theirs😲😜😂, which I think I already posted on this thread so time ago....seriously, another fab track.

Ok steve, lol.

Everything about my musical makeup tells me I probably shouldn't/wont like this song...Fact is I do. Never be afraid to say what you like and never be swayed by popular opinion or fear of ridicule from others, fudge that!