tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054185.post114788259877652393..comments2023-08-03T07:18:04.680-04:00Comments on Geek Like Me, Too: Thomas DolbyPaul R. Pottshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04401509483200614806noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21054185.post-1147895046615323062006-05-17T15:44:00.000-04:002006-05-17T15:44:00.000-04:00Hmmm, I just looked through "Lazlo's Discography M...Hmmm, I just looked through "Lazlo's Discography Machine: Thomas Dolby." It confirms that I've heard _just_ about everything, including his cover of a Joni Mitchell song "The Jungle Line," "Puppet Theater," "Urban Tribal," and "Samson and Delilah" (although I can't remember that one). "Urban Tribal" is an interesting song.<BR/><BR/>I've never heard his stuff on the Howard the Duck soundtrack. I think I'm grateful for that. He also had a track on the soundtrack for Toys ("The Mirror Song.") That has kind of a cool Tori Amos track on it too. I had forgotten his collaboration with Prefab Sprout.<BR/><BR/>Getting rid of all my vinyl was partly to avoid the risk of any more of my "this way lies madness" collecting of remixes, alternative versions, etc...<BR/><BR/>It seems it has been more like 12 years, not 15 years, since he released a full-blown studio album. Still, it is past time!<BR/><BR/>I've been reading Dolby's blog about his gear. Some weird stuff. Definitely required reading for audio geeks! The two pieces of gear in question are "Approved Signal Generator retrofitted for MIDI," which looks like a giant antique metronome, and "1947 USAF signal generator retrofitted for MIDI" which is all-black and so hard to see. Ahhh! It becomes clearer -- he is actually just using them as assignable parameter controllers. He mentioned a couple of oscilloscopes, too, but I did not notice them.Paul R. Pottshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04401509483200614806noreply@blogger.com