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Date:  9:40:09 P.M., November 09, 2001
Name:  alex
Email address:  alex63@bigfoot.com
Comments:  Hi Phil,
Thanks again for your answer to my favourite song question. I think I have to get "Meddle". I was a big fan of Pink Floyd when I was younger and i always reckoned "dark Side of the Moon" as their master piece.
Concerning the Greek classics did you already try the internet public library? They have a lot of Sophocles and Aischylos tragedies online. Or are you looking for some obscure fragments?


Date:  5:15:27 P.M., November 10, 2001
Name:  Phil
Email address:  phil-at-masstransfer-dot-net
Comments:  Hi, Alex!

Definitely get Meddle. Many people think it's Pink Floyd's greatest album of all time; it's definitely a strong contender, though it feels counterintuitive to call it better than so many of the other albums I love. Still, a poll long ago found that Meddle and Animals were the two favorites among die-hard Pink Floyd fans, and that makes a lot of sense to me.

I haven't tried the IPL -- hadn't heard of them, actually! I'm looking for the obscure fragments, though -- things like the Prometheus Unbound of Aeschylus/Aischylos, of which we have a few bits and pieces, I think. I'm just curious to see what we do in fact have -- I think there are at least sixtysomething fragments or so of Aeschylean works, in addition to what we already have in full. What a tragedy -- out of ninety-plus plays, only seven survive...


Date:  5:23:37 P.M., November 11, 2001
Name:  alex
Email address:  alex63@bigfoot..com
Comments:  I purchased Animals when it came out back in the late 70s. And I found it a little bit disappointing after Wish You Were Here. But all these animal noises have certainly got a charm. Haven't listened to it for maybe 20 years. I just discover that I even gave it away. Pink Floyd were a part of my youth but later on I moved on to Jazz (80s) and Indie (90s). I find that PF sound a little dated today. Prog-rock was a dead end IMHO. Too artificial and too much production if you know what I mean.


Date:  05:11:54 A.M., November 14, 2001
Name:  Jordan
Email address:  jordancohen@students.wisc.edu
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