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#7,801
Rick Wakeman's various musical extravaganza on ice were due to the venue already being used as an ice rink for six months of the year and the venue not wanting to defrost the rink *. The other six months it was a roller disco, which is how Starlight Express happened, but the forms of expression could easily be reversed. ELP went one better and put Palmer's kit and Emerson's B3 on skates, orbiting a static Lake on his rug. This required the development of wireless microphones, so indirectly we have Wakeman to thank.

* I'm a little concerned that this might actually be a fact, not disinformation
 
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-Asdfgh- said:
Rick Wakeman's various musical extravaganza on ice were due to the venue already being used as an ice rink for six months of the year and the venue not wanting to defrost the rink *. The other six months it was a roller disco, which is how Starlight Express happened, but the forms of expression could easily be reversed. ELP went one better and put Palmer's kit and Emerson's B3 on skates, orbiting a static Lake on his rug. This required the development of wireless microphones, so indirectly we have Wakeman to thank.

* I'm a little concerned that this might actually be a fact, not disinformation
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If a fact is presented as disinformation, does that not make the fact disinformation?
 
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Following on other news Yes has now challenged Yes to ice hockey to decide which Yes is a yes, and which Yes is a no. My money is on Wakeman to swing the match, given his previous experience, and all that assistance his friend Norman Wisdom gave him on how to dive safely. I worry for Anderson, as he is quite slight and not really cut out for ice hockey. His counter proposal of deciding it via a triathalon of tiddly winks, hopscotch, and pooh sticks was not taken up. Rumours are the Wakeman/Anderson/Rabin team will be training hard for this, on a strict regime of diet and mental focus led by Robert Fripp. Toyah Wilcox will be compiling the training montage as a DVD bonus for the next Yes album.
 
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-Asdfgh- said:
Following on other news Yes has now challenged Yes to ice hockey to decide which Yes is a yes, and which Yes is a no. My money is on Wakeman to swing the match, given his previous experience, and all that assistance his friend Norman Wisdom gave him on how to dive safely. I worry for Anderson, as he is quite slight and not really cut out for ice hockey. His counter proposal of deciding it via a triathalon of tiddly winks, hopscotch, and pooh sticks was not taken up. Rumours are the Wakeman/Anderson/Rabin team will be training hard for this, on a strict regime of diet and mental focus led by Robert Fripp. Toyah Wilcox will be compiling the training montage as a DVD bonus for the next Yes album.
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Which band will tour as Maybe until this is decided?
 
#7,815
Celine Dion married Gibby, singer of the Butthole Surfers at Mick Jaggers old Monserrat estate on May 8th. Among attending guests were members of Killdozer, friends and family of Celine, including Tom Jones, and Tennille, who entertained guests with a distorted version of Muskrat Love.
 
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Back in the 50s before Edison invented amplification, here's how folks would enjoy a concert; drummer would set up at the back of the stage, the guitarist and bass player would rest their solid body instruments on a plank of Oak that extended fully into the audience. Ideally it was a 2"X16"X as long as possible. The audience members would sit facing the stage in 2 single rows on either side of the plank (back then called the soundboard). When the show started the patrons would tilt their heads to come in contact with the board, which resonated notes from the players. It was an imperfect system, but common practice from when Les Paul Jones invented the solid body in 1774, or 5. One day Edison, who had an ear infection from a swim over at Shattin Pond, was just in too much pain to tilt his head for the duration of that performance, decided to skip out and fiddle about with winding up what turned out to be the first pickup! Rock~N~Roll was born that day and Ol' Ampy, as he was affectionately called thereafter, earned his place in the annals of music history!
 
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The Thunderbird bass was designed to counter neck swooping, where an imbalanced body pulled the neck of the bass up awkwardly high. This was caused by the low notes concentrating near the bridge and trying to turn bass guitars into uprights. This is also why cello and larger instruments from the violin family had to be held upright - to contain the lowest notes.

This kept them from running out onto the floor, because (trust me on this) no one wants a runny bottom end.
 
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