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Kate Bush: Hounds of Love Steve Morse: The Introduction Prince: Around the World in a Day Propaganda: A Secret Wish Scritti Politti: Cupid & Psyche 85 IMS all bought that year. ... plus a plethora of classical and jazz CDs - - which I bought the car and portable players for as soon as I could, in '84 or '85.

The 3rd and the Mortal again, now from the more atmospheric album "In this room". One can hear some experimentation going on, as well as a proggish influence. BTW, I've seen them live twice, and not only were they a great band, they were also highly different from their albums - more death metal like. Innersting.

A sort of experimental, doomish rock from Trondheim, Norway. "Painting on glass" was The 3rd and the Mortal's second studio-album. Their style would chance for the next release, "In this room".

... and Laleh too. Her "Some Die Young" nearly became Norway's national anthem, as it were, after the 2011 Norway attacks. Beatiful song, though I tend to prefer the live versions without the effects on the voice.

Yesss! Have you heard her "Don't Kill my Vibe"? Really worth a close listen - maybe with headphones coz of the gazillions of tiny elements. Me lurves it. Also her "Sucker Punch" and probably other songs, but I don't know any of these artists very well. As you say: female fronted pop's in a good place, and many young Norse artists have found their way to my playlists. Norseland also has guys, like this guy: Sondre Justad. Here he's singing the day after an anti-gay terror attack that killed two people. Also without the devastating setting I love this song.

I'd guess that it's just noticeable, and easy to get used to. This with fretting close to the fret, applying regular pressure. ... but imagine the mwah when you put on more pressure. I'm ordering! 😉

At least Neil Young isn't guilty of this uncoolness. Here he's wearing his Young Neils t-shirt in '93: Copyright: Aftenposten

Yet another "Thank you!" from me, Rob. I'm impressed. I think it's probably best to get a misunderstanding out of the way. Mine is a "bond", not an "atom". The bond was Martine' solution to the guy's problem. By way of explanation, these "Snatoms" allow you to build molecules out of brightly coloured atoms with or without the black bonds in the vid. Atoms have one, two or three flat planes; bonds have four. BTW, behind those planes are freely turning magnets so any plane will stick to any other. As long as the epoxy does stick and at the same time won't deform the shape or dissolve the filament material, which I think I can test in a corner, I probably won't have a problem. BTW, I'd be using a quickly curing two-component epoxy with added black colour. This "ink" makes a possible gap less visible and also makes the epoxy thinner and easier to apply through a fat syringe. As you say: I may not make mistakes. I think the slightly rough edges will show when joined, so I've thought of filling both halves and then shaving off maybe up to 0.5mm to get nicely flat planes to glue together. That way, I won't have to glue the thin edges of the halves, which gives me fear, but can apply glue to the filling only. BTW, shaving won't damage the impression of the overall shape of the bond. Right now I feel satisfied that epoxy answers my original question (which glue?), because as long as I can avoid superglue on the halves' edges (with which I will make mistakes), I'm fairly confident. Thanks again! bert

Hey Rob, Wow! That's very kind of you, and it might just prove to be a last resort solution in the end. I won't take you up on this great offer right now, but please accept that I do appreciate it highly. For the time being I'll do everything I can to keep the bond I have. It's the one Martine specially ordered only for me, and it's the one I wish to display - be it glued or only with a bit of tree inside. In this I'm lucky that the halves bend inwards and so will put pressure on a bit of wood. Thanks big time! bert

Thanks again, Rob, and thanks for your very kind offer! There's no need to take you up on that offer, though. See, I should've been more clear: what you see in the vid has little to do with the bond I own. - The vid shows the product as it's sold: cheap Chinese factory atoms and bonds made from an unknown but clearly diffent material. - My supersized bond (5 inches maybe) was ordered by my daughter from a lovely geek firm in the USA, who 3D printed it based on an adaptation of her CAD file. Only one copy exists, and no more can be ordered. As a result of your remarks I now feel more confident trying some two-component epoxy in a little corner, just to see if it will stick. If it does, I think I might fill the halves over time. At any rate I'll try and make a wooden filling as a possible alternative. all the best, bert

Thanks, Rob. Highly appreciated. Dunno whether it helps though. Does this mean gluing PETG gives an indication about how the glue might perform on other materials? I've contemplated filling the halves with epoxy, but there again haven't found articles stating it can be done with any of these materials Might end up making a wooden shape that fits inside, and use no glue. I can't risk damaging the halves, as no new ones will be bought. best, bert

Folks, does a glue exist that will stick to all or most of the common types of material used in 3D printing? Dunno which material I have. See, I have a non-solid object in two printed halves, and the halves have deformed. I wish to fill these halves with a weighty material that also brings them back to shape (the latter part is easy), and glue everything together. I've contemplated not gluing, but see before my inner eye that the two halves will show. The object is an invention by my daughter, and I want to display it in a nice display case. My object is a supersized version of the black bond like in the vid, as said non-solid, and was printed in a matte black material, of which I have no info. Thanks! bert

Yeah, and I'm similarly quite annoyed I let you have my perty bass! 😁

Don't enjoy having to say this, but a nonsense generator that refers to Baudrillard is not a nonsense generator I'm gonna trust or respect. Sorry, but that's the truth. 😉

Soft Machine at one point were identical to a previous or later line-up of another band. IMS no records exist with this line-up. Still cool. (We might be talking about Nucleus here, but I forgot the details and don't know whether the post-"Bundles" / pre-"Softs" line-up has actually been a real Nucleus line-up even though they were all Nucleus guys.)

Zappa: "Hey, Princy! Could I get lessons from you? You know, I can't get to grips with this I, IV, V, I stuff that's so popular these days. With teaspoons, eh? I'm a bit slow." 😉

Quite possibly I'm with one foot in several camps. I think his musicality is exquisitely refined, but his output seems to me to not reflect a lot of depth and also to bring much sameness. I think he could be a lot more interesting if he wanted to, but maybe he didn't want to. Bought and enjoy "Around the World in a Day", and enjoyed "Sign o' the Times", which seemed interesting, but haven't listened to it more than a few times, so it might grow on me more if I listened more and more closely. Don't really know much of his other stuff, but again and again record live shows from the tv, and then delete them quickly again. BTW, really can't stand that Purple Rain melody snippet "purple rain, purple rain" (1-2-3----, 3-2-1----), and duck and cover when it comes on somewhere. Oh, the fave! I forgot. This version of Raspberry Beret may be as good as any.

Hm. Dunno about this one. That bass sounds kinda ... pink to my ears. 😁 Thanks for posting! (I don't know whether it's Ida Nielsen; just saw her mentioned.)

Aye, and, if memory serves, Godley and Creme not only recognised that but also used it as a reference when explaining their variant.

Yeah, the Gizmotron was Godley and Creme before they became Godley & Creme. I think they may still have been in 10CC then. It's mechanical, but with that same make-the-strings-vibrate thing going on. IMS the bowing wheels had a button each, close to the bridge.

I lost interest at "I". I really hate people starting their sentences with "I". I'm a man of principle, I.

Different strokes for different folks, I gather, as I loved the sound of this right from the start, in no minor part due to that autotune or whatever it is. While the notes themselves do little for me, the way this was recorded grabbed me and made me listen right to the end. BTW, Blue, did you use two basses for the recording as well, or just for the vid?

You can either listen to your own thoughts and the wisdom already expressed, or ... ... just shove it through Autotune and be a star like Cher!

Some people are wary about giving out their banking details, but they needn't be. Not only is it safe, but also: how do you pay the plumber's bill that has banking details printed on it? One of the safest methods if not the safest one. ...but: Doncha UK guys have an app these days, paying from bank account to bank account by use of phone numbers instead of banking details? With such an app, the seller immediately sees that the money's indeed in. As it's the same principle as above, this money can't be retracted. In Norway, sellers routinely demand the app, as it does away with the risk of counterfeit money ... and in Covid times it also reduced bug risks.

Yeah, isn't that just how things work? I do like both, but a lot of work seems to have gone in the Homeball one, and it seems you have been taking care of every aspect, but still the radio decided like it did. I saw some of the same patterns in the classical world that I stem from. One example: a stellar soprano who was a tiny little girl and got no work, whilst a classmate of hers, with a good-sounding voice but rather shallow interpretation, got all the work. Why? Looks! (To the degree no-one would ever believe the one with the work had actually been my girlfriend. 😄 ) BTW, I also liked "You Don't Scare Me, Livingstone" a lot. (Just a shame they stole an avatar for it. Naughty.)