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Where? I can't find it.

Mitch Mitchell.

May 6, 2005 Time Travelers to Meet in Not Too Distant Future By PAM BELLUCK, nytimez CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 5 - Suppose it is the future - maybe a thousand years from now. There is no static cling, diapers change themselves, and everyone who is anyone summers on Mars. What's more, it is possible to travel back in time, to any place, any era. Where would people go? Would they zoom to a 2005 Saturday night for chips and burgers in a college courtyard, eager to schmooze with computer science majors possessing way too many brain cells? Why not, say some students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who have organized what they call the first convention for time travelers. Actually, they contend that theirs is the only time traveler convention the world needs, because people from the future can travel to it anytime they want. "I would hope they would come with the idea of showing us that time travel is possible," said Amal Dorai, 22, the graduate student who thought up the convention, which is to be this Saturday on the M.I.T. campus. "Maybe they could leave something with us. It is possible they might look slightly different, the shape of the head, the body proportions." The event is potluck and alcohol-free - present-day humans are bringing things like brownies. But Mr. Dorai's Web site asks that future-folk bring something to prove they are really ahead of our time: "Things like a cure for AIDS or cancer, a solution for global poverty or a cold fusion reactor would be particularly convincing as well as greatly appreciated." He would also welcome people from only a few days in the future, far enough to, say, give him a few stock market tips. Mr. Dorai and fellow organizers are the kind of people who transplant a snowblower engine into a sleeper sofa and drive the couch around Cambridge. (If the upholstery were bright red, it could be a midlife crisis convertible for couch potatoes.) They built a human-size hamster wheel - eight feet in diameter. And they concocted the "pizza button," a plexiglass pizza slice mounted in their hallway; when pressed, it calls up a Web site and arranges for pizza delivery 30 minutes later. (For anyone wanting to try this at home, the contraption uses a Huffman binary code. It takes fewer keystrokes to order the most popular toppings, like pepperoni, more keystrokes for less popular extras, like onions.) At the convention, they plan to introduce a robot with an "infrared pyro-electric detector," designed to follow anything that emits heat, including humans. "It's supposed to be our pet," said Adam Kraft, 22, a senior. "It needs fur," added David Nelson, 23, a graduate student. While Mr. Dorai has precisely calculated that "the odds of a time traveler showing up are between one in a million and one in a trillion," organizers have tried to make things inviting. In case their august university does not exist forever, they have posted the latitude and longitude of the East Campus Courtyard (42:21:36.025 degrees north, 71:05:16.332 degrees west). A roped-off area, including part of an improvised volleyball court, will create a landing pad so materializing time-travel machines will not crash into trees or dormitories. To set the mood, organizers plan to display a DeLorean - the sleek but short-lived 1980's car that was the time-traveling vehicle in the "Back to the Future" movies. At first, Mr. Dorai urged people to publicize the event with methods likely to last. "Write the details down on a piece of acid-free paper," he directed, "and slip them into obscure books in academic libraries!" But Mr. Dorai said the response was so overwhelming that the police, concerned about security, had asked that anyone who had not replied by Wednesday not be allowed to attend. No future-guests are confirmed as of yet, although one responder purports to be from 2026. But among the 100 likely attendees, there are those from another time zone - Chicago - and from New York, which at least likes to think of itself as light-years ahead. "I'm keeping my fingers crossed," said Erik D. Demaine, an M.I.T. mathematician who will be one of the professors speaking. There will also be two bands, the Hong Kong Regulars and Off-White Noise, performing new, time-travel-apropos tunes. "If you subscribe to alternative-world theory, then time travel makes sense at some level," said Professor Demaine, who would like future-guests to bring answers to mathematical mysteries. "The universe is inherently uncertain, and at various times it's essentially flipping coins to make a decision. At any point, there's the heads version of the world and the tails version of the world. We think that we actually live in one of them, and you could imagine that there's actually many versions of the universe, including one where suddenly you appear from 10 years in the future." If you can not imagine that, consider Erin Rhode's view of time travel. "I kind of think if it's going to happen, it'll be the wormhole theory," said Ms. Rhode, 23, a recent graduate, adding, "If you create a stable wormhole," a hole in space, "people can go back to visit it." William McGehee, 19, a freshman who helped build a "Saturday Night Fever"-like dance floor in his dorm, said, "It's pretty obvious if time travel does occur, then it doesn't cause the universe to explode." And Sam McVeety, 18, a freshman, wondered if wearing a tinfoil hat would be comforting or insulting to future-people. Mr. Dorai has had quirky brainstorms before: proposing the imprisonment of Bill Watterson, the retired cartoonist, to force him to continue his "Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip; and donning the costume of M.I.T.'s mascot, the beaver, while climbing the statue of John Harvard, namesake of that other Cambridge college. That incident went awry when some Harvard men swiped a paw. But Mr. Dorai's time travel idea seems to have legs. "If you can just give up a Saturday night, there's a very small chance at it being the biggest event in human history," he said. And if it is a flop, futuristically speaking? Well, Mr. Dorai reasoned, "Certainly, if no one from the future shows up, that won't prove that it's impossible."

To reiterate from the NY Times article: "Monday's concert was the first of four sold-out shows being filmed for the inevitable DVD; plans beyond that have not been announced." I'd much prefer a CD to a DVD. Who needs to see them? Better fidelity? I hope they do both, I don't have a DVD player in my car.

Jeff Beck and Steve Vai work for me. Also Robert Fripp and Frank Zappa.

Tatsuya Nakatani is an amazing drummer. I've had the pleasure to hear him a few times. Went to a party in his studio last August.

I sure hope they bolted the damm thing down. Taking off - Everyone to the front of the plane... Landing - watch out up front!

Don't think so. Sounds like a love song to me.

We should be reaching the '50's any day now.

MF is talking about the albums that Abercrombie did with organists.

And I'm a few pages into this.

I read this last week.

Paul Bley's "And Now The Queen" uses the opening notes of the Rite of Spring.

It's back.

No. It was the lack of guitar solos. :rsmile:

I have a reissue on CD - can't find it, it's not filed.

I still meant to thank you for that Flat Footed Sheep Throwing Music you sent me in return. You're welcome. :rsmile:

And I was just about to start seeding some left handed Iberian pole vaulting music that I got in a trade.

I'm impressed. All I've got is the nine-disc Proper box. It's autographed too.

disk 13 from the Mosaic box.

The one mounted tom dreams about being you? :rsmile:

Supergroup Cream rises again After four decades, the legendary trio returns to the stage By CNN's Gordon Isfeld LONDON, England (CNN) -- It could have gone all terribly wrong. Jack Bruce could have passed out during his bass solo. Ginger Baker could have expired amid a flurry of drumsticks. Or the two could have just beaten each other silly right there on stage. All the while guitarist Eric Clapton would be gently weeping in the wings. None of this would have surprised Cream fans in the 1960s -- the acrimony and excesses within the supergroup being as well known as their musical riffs. But that was then, this is now. Thirty-seven years ago after the group performed its final concert at Royal Albert Hall, the trio returned to the same venue on Monday, much changed but still very much revered. "Thanks for waiting all these years," Clapton admonished the crowd during the first of four sold-out concerts in London. "We're going to play every song we know." Well, not quite. In just over two hours, Cream ripped through 18 songs -- beginning with "I'm So Glad" and then on to "Spoonful," "Badge," "Born Under a Bad Sign," Sitting On Top of the World" and "White Room." After a tentative start and strained vocals on the first song, the group grew tighter, more assured and even energized. It was during "White Room" and the encore offering of "Sunshine of Your Love" that the audience -- and the group -- seemed to be dragged (singing and swaying) from the past into the present, without missing a beat. Cream burst onto the scene unexpectedly in 1966 -- three musicians little known outside their individual musical spheres but very much aware of their own abilities, as was evident in the choice of group's name. And for just over two years (from 1966 to 1968), they were indeed the crème de la crème. Clapton, now 60, was still in his teens when he showed himself to be a guitar wizard with the Yardbirds and then legendary John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers. It was Baker who first approached Clapton about forming a group. It was Clapton who suggested Bruce as the third member -- an idea that didn't go down well with Baker, who had fallen out with the Scotsman when they were both members of the Graham Bond Organisation, a British rhythm and blues band. Despite the animosity between the two -- something that would take on violent overtones and self-destructive behavior in years ahead -- Baker and Bruce agreed to work together again. Gone on Monday was the acrimony, along with the extended improvisations and half-hour solos. Somewhere in the vacuum of career transitions and personal crisis, Clapton and company appear to have become a group, perhaps really for the first time. Mature, paced and professional, and begging the question: How good would these guy have been in the early days if not for drugs, alcohol and egos? Still, as Baker launched into his obligatory drum solo (at just six minutes, far shorter than his trademark outings), a fan yelled out, "You go old man." He didn't need the encouragement. Why the three agreed to a reunion at this time and place is not yet clear. They're not talking publicly. Clapton certainly doesn't need the money. The others clearly do, but at what cost to their physical well-being? Bruce had a liver transplant in 2003, while Baker reportedly suffers from arthritis. But Clapton hinted at a possible reunion in 1993, when the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and played a brief set for the audience. "I was moved," Clapton is quoted as saying in "To The Limits," a 2003 book by Forbes magazine's Jim Clash. "I was in some other place. It's been so long since I've been around something from somebody else that's inspired me." Up until then, he added, "it's been up to me to inspire me." For his part, Bruce, 61, has admitted that cash has also been a factor but so has Cream's place in history." Apart from the money... that band tends to get overlooked these day," he says in Clash's book. "Led Zeppelin, for instance, has gotten a lot of recognition, and quite rightly so. But, it seems to be forgotten that Cream and (Jimi) Hendrix really created that audience. A reunion would help clarify that." Baker, 65, who struggled with a heroin addiction for many years, had been less enthusiastic about getting back together. "A lot of people think I'm dead... But that's nothing new," he tells Clash. "There was a point where I wanted to do it, when I totally went broke.... That is not a reason to do something, you know." But they did do it, and now the question is: Why did anyone care? Earlier this month, the poet Pete Brown -- who, along with Bruce, wrote many of Cream's best-known songs -- told The Telegraph newspaper the band's enduring appeal was simply a matter of quality. "There's really no substitute for great playing and writing," he said. "You can chuck things into a computer and get people off the street who look great, but in the end they aren't going to do anything that lasts." On a Monday evening in London, four decades on, that quality came through loud (but not too loud) and clear. And to answer the question of why and why now on Clapton's behalf ... with many of his old friends and colleagues now dead, it's perhaps comforting to be encircled by those who helped get you where you are today. The comfort of friends reconciled and wiser ... while they last. For those who missed Monday's concert, and the others, the marketers have been busy. "I Feel Free - Ultimate Cream," a 2 CD set billed as "the definitive collection from the original supergroup," was released on Monday. They include in studio and live performances by Cream. There's also a "Special Edition - Limited Deluxe" 3 CD box set, which includes BBC sessions and interviews with Clapton.

endo this thread: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...30entry351881

Enemies reunited: Cream gig ends 36 years of hostility By Danielle Demetriou, The Independent Published : 03 May 2005 Their ego-fuelled conflicts were as well chronicled as their style of "psychedelic blues" that cemented their position as the world's first supergroup. Yesterday, 36 years after a bitter split, Cream, the influential but short-lived '60s band, was reunited in apparent harmony for a sell-out performance. The guitarist Eric Clapton joined forces with the drummer Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce, bass player, for the first of four performances at the Royal Albert Hall in central London. The belated reunion was reportedly prompted by Clapton, 60, due to concerns about the failing health of band members. Despite a hiatus of more than three decades - which easily overshadows the three years the band were together - it was clear that their pulling power remained undiminished. Within two hours of the four performance dates being announced, all the tickets were sold out. Its status as a must-see event was confirmed withtickets on the auction website eBay selling for more than £1,000. It was poised to be an emotional event for band members and fans alike. The band had performed at the same venue at the height of their global fame in 1968. The last time the trio had appeared on stage together was for a one-off union in 1993 for the group's induction into the American Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. It was in 1966 that the band Cream was formed and for three heady years they were defined as the original supergroup with a string of hits including Crossroads, Born Under a Bad Sign, Strange Brew and Tales of Brave Ulysses. Renowned for its live shows, the trio used to heavily improvise and toured the US extensively, winning armies of fans with its distinct "psychedelic blues" style. Despite the brevity of the existence of Cream, they churned out four successful albums which sold more than 35 million copies. However, it was not long before cracks began to appear. It was during a 24-date US tour in 1968 that tensions came to a head and the group disbanded. Clapton went on to enjoy a successful solo career while Bruce and Baker both went on to play with a number of other bands.

Clapton weeps at Cream reunion concert 03/05/2005 - 08:33:55 Rock legend Eric Clapton wept last night as he thanked fans for waiting more than 36 years for his band Cream's reunion at London's Royal Albert Hall, the same venue where they played their farewell gig in 1969. Rock legend Eric Clapton wept last night as he thanked fans for waiting more than 36 years for his band Cream's reunion at London's Royal Albert Hall, the same venue where they played their farewell gig in 1969. Clapton and his bandmates Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker were touched when the crowd gave them a standing ovation before they began the eagerly- awaited concert, causing Clapton to pay an emotional tribute to their loyal fans. He told the audience: "Thanks for waiting all those years. We'll probably play everything we know. We'll play as long as we can." Tickets for the first four dates in the British capital sold out within minutes, with many fans travelling from abroad to attend the historic event, which Clapton reportedly agreed to because of Bruce and Baker's failing health.