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God bless you and keep you healthy for many more!

Just been looking at the list of those who have taken part in recording the nine-minute charity single version of Mark Knopfler's 'Going Home' (for the Teenage Cancer Trust). It is an impressive list. https://markknopflersguitarheroes.tmstor.es/?utm_campaign=W%2FC%2005%2F02%2F2024-%20Mark%20Knopfler&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Mailjet(https://markknopflersguitarheroes.tmstor.es/?utm_campaign=W%2FC%2005%2F02%2F2024-%20Mark%20Knopfler&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Mailjet) But in there are a few 'How did they get included?' names. You sort of assume that somebody didn't want to offend a family friend by not including them. And, of course, Bill sails past so many of those included and really should have had the chance to be listed in the same assembly with those that are genuinely impressive and influential musicians. I'd like to think that Bill would have stepped up and joined in (despite poor health) if he had been offered the chance to do so.

Oh, Where, Oh Where, is the beloved 1991 Bill Nelson solo album, Luminous. ACK! I noticed it is off of Apple Music! The anti-Bill Nelson police won't get away with this!!! It had my such fdavorite songs such as, Is This Alchemy???, and some other Korg M1-T3esque and Kurzweil K2000 like patches all over it! Please Bill! If you could only know! I would be the happiest peacock in all of China.

Just enjoying 1955’s This Island Earth which seems to slot nicely after hearing the moods of our ‘superboy’s music endeavours of 2015.

…. has left us at 78. Liked his show ‘Night Music’. Liked his playing, attitude and hair.

Another one to the collection 👍

Remembering Bob Moog today on his birthday May 23rd; he would have been 90 years old today. I still have fond memories of visiting the local music store DJ's to see demos of the Moog Prodigy and Memorymoog, both of which are still used in my studio. Meeting Bob in person at a John Eaton concert at the University of Chicago in 1992 was a major thrill for me - I slipped a cassette of my latest album Pink Sounds From The Purple Plain into his hand. Bob was always interested in hearing how composers used his products in their music. A very important inventor and engineer! Tom

Just watched Lethal Weapon on Sky and noticed the above in the credits, what are the chances?! Mick

For those who may not be aware of this current and ongoing project of Robert's, it really is worth checking out...Basically, one ambient soundscape released online each week, over a 50 week period. ...here's 'Quiet Moment 19'

In a Google search for Enigma Records cassette compilations that include Bill Nelson, trying to help Dreamsville member cloudyhours find a mystery tune, I found this from the Grand Lodge of British Columbia .... https://freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/pentagram/pop/bill_nelson/index.html(https://freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/pentagram/pop/bill_nelson/index.html) Not fair to label Bill a self-styled Rosicrucian. He was the real deal.

The prolific poster artist and creative director of Kidrobot created the album covers for Queens of the Stone Age, Melvins’ Houdini, and the Offspring’s Americana by Evan Minsker | Pitchfork | May 10, 2023 Frank Kozik, the artist who designed posters and album covers for numerous bands, died on Saturday. His album covers include Queens of the Stone Age’s self-titled album, Melvins’ Houdini, and the Offspring’s Americana. Bands including Nirvana, Sonic Youth, the White Stripes, Butthole Surfers, and Beastie Boys are among the many artists who commissioned tour posters. He was 61. “Frank was a man larger than himself, an icon in each genre he worked in,” a statement shared by Kozik’s wife, Sharon, reads. “He dramatically changed the industry he was a part of. He was a creative force of nature. We are so beyond lucky and honored to have been part of his journey, and he will be missed beyond what words could ever express. He loved his wife, his cats, classic muscle cars, mentoring others, and Disneyland. His forceful presence will be missed by all who knew him. His legacy, like all great masters, will live on through his art and our memories of him.” Kozik started doing posters while living in Austin in the early 1980s after getting attention from bands for his work as part of the mail art community. He gradually got work for corporate ad campaigns, participated in gallery shows, and ultimately started his label Man’s Ruin Records. Man’s Ruin released music by Kyuss, High on Fire, Melvins, and more. He was the creative director of Kidrobot, the limited-edition art toy company. He attributed the aesthetic of his most famous work to his “dark sense of humor” and growing up in punk rock. “I was part of the trash world,” Kozik said in 2018. “I was a no-education loser person, and was definitely into hedonistic experiences. While I have an appreciation of fine art and I understand it, I was going to punk rock shows, not college nor museums. All of the stuff that really turned my crank was that stuff, and it was all stuff that we could kind of reproduce in our own lives; we could get a shitty car and drive around real fast, and we could hang out with fun people and party… and a lot of that stuff is really visually arresting. It’s all power imagery, and it really gets basic impulses across: sex, drugs, violence, weird shit.” https://pitchfork.com/news/frank-kozik-artist-behind-queens-of-the-stone-age-and-melvins-album-covers-dies-at-61/ .

Bob K and I have released a new single off a forthcoming album on Reverbnation and Soundcloud (take your pick below). Waking Hours is a re-recorded version of the very first song we collaborated on back in 2009. Bob had posted it in this forum and I fell in love with it. I wrote to him asking if he would mind if I took a stab at a remix and he very graciously consented. And thus was born the the most satisfying creative collaboration of my life. I think we finally do this wonderful song justice. We hope you like it. Waking Hours by Electric Angels,https://www.reverbnation.com/electricangels/song/34167204-waking-hours Waking Hours by "Electric Angels",https://soundcloud.com/electricangels/waking-hours Now we have two new albums nearly complete, to be released soo, The first, What's It all About?, leans more in a Power Pop direction, the second, as yet unnamed, is artier. Both out before the year ends we hope.

Sounds pretty shitty news ... when are we going to chase these capitalist greedy b@stards out of our lives..??