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Palliams wrote: progkidjoel wrote: I think Insurgentes is pretty great, although I have to be in a particular mood to enjoy it. My favourite tracks are Insurgentes and Collecting Space, although it's pretty solid all round. Falls slightly short of 5 stars, although I have higher hopes for SW's next solo outing.   Sorry Progkid, I wasn't reffering to the Album, but the documentary DVD that was shipped over the weekend... I take it you don't have it, or haven't bought it?

I knew immediately that you were referring to the film.

I loved it when I saw it at the NY premiere - definitely not your usual profile of a rock musician, but then, SW isn't exactly your run of the mill sort of fellow, nor is Lasse Hoile. 

As you say, it was far different than I expected, but in no way a disappointment - it was, in fact, far more intimate than this sort of film usually allows, which to me at least is what makes it so special. 

I have yet to hear the bonus tracks - I got the notice from Burning Shed that my copies were posted yesterday - it usually takes about a week to the US as well, though I have been pleasantly surprised before, though the IEM box set seemed to take forever.

In the meantime, here are a couple of shots we took with SW at the premiere - he is every bit as nice in person as he comes across in interviews, if a bit more shy.  

These photos also put to rest some of the discussions on other threads about Steven Wilson being a tiny fellow - I'm 5' 2", and Marek is 6' 3", so to my way of thinking that puts Steven Wilson (who was wearing sneakers) somewhere around 5' 9" or 5' 10"; not exactly a Viking warrior, but decidedly not short/tiny either.  

Ooooooooooh!
I've got it in the mail, shipped 2 or so days ago, although they usually take a week or so to get over here from England/Burning Shed. Super excited for it to come, should be sometime this week with a bit of luck.

I think Insurgentes is pretty great, although I have to be in a particular mood to enjoy it. My favourite tracks are Insurgentes and Collecting Space, although it's pretty solid all round. Falls slightly short of 5 stars, although I have higher hopes for SW's next solo outing.

ptkc123 wrote: Palliams wrote: Insurgentes! Can't wait to see it and listen to all the bonus tracks. I made a huge decision yesterday, to remove pretty much all indie music from my i-pod apart from a select few, and then replace all of it with the likes of Sigur Ros, Oceansize, Pinapple Thief, Anathema, Engineers, etc... I now have a very prog inspired i-pod, full of Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson/Blackfield, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Riverside, Crippled Black Phoenix... Not to mention Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix   If I ever misplace it, I often wonder what the person who finds it would think if they were an indie kid or something!??? Oceansize is always a good thing.

can't wait to see bass communion live and insurgentes! meanwhile (you're a true pt-nerd if you spotted the reference), listen to this. it's a rather rare pt song that i found on spotify. it's originally yoko ono but here it's all pt plus yokos vocals, beautiful

Insurgentes! Can't wait to see it and listen to all the bonus tracks.

^Wish I could completely out of money right now.

The Insurgentes DVD ships tomorrow - I'd completely forgotten about it!
Can't wait!

yeah.

just uploaded my pictures of the event here: