Chronos

Although I didn't listen to Ghost yesterday, I nevertheless woke up with "Cirice" lodged in my skull. Can't you see that you're lost without me...

I can never decide if this, Roll the Bones, or Counterparts is the absolute nadir of their studio output.

Riverside, CA? Whoa. I spent the first ten years of my life there. My son's currently working on his Ph.D. at UCR.

My new granddaughter -- whose birth I reported in this thread on Aug. 17 -- was finally released from the hospital this afternoon (she's been in intensive care this whole time). She's doing great now :)

Gurl, you cray.

I never quite know how to understand "underrated" and "overrated" around here. Nevertheless, here's my attempt: Here Again Before and After Beneath, Between and Behind Chemistry High Water Time and Motion Ghost of a Chance Ceiling Unlimited Nocturne We Hold On

Would bang.

Plug it into Google and you'll see.

How about go a little unexpected and take Gaucho? Not their best, but I think it has a drink-by-the-pool feel.

Steely Dan, of course.

Stick it Out.

Whoa. This is fantastic. I know what I'll be purchasing in a few days. (And who I'm seeing live in Detroit in October!) Edit to include tour dates as of today: 09/22 Washington, DC – The Fillmore 09/23 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall 09/25 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE 09/26 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer 09/27 New York, NY – Terminal 5 09/28 Boston, MA – House of Blues 09/30 Montreal, QC – Metropolis 10/01 Toronto, ON – Sound Academy 10/02 Detroit, MI – The Majestic Theater 10/03 Chicago, IL – The Riviera 10/05 Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall 10/06 St. Louis, MO – The Pageant 10/08 New Orleans, LA – The Civic Auditorium 10/09 Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle 10/10 Orlando, FL – Beacham Theatre 10/11 Tampa, FL – The Ritz 10/13 Dallas, TX – House of Blues 10/14 San Antonio, TX – Aztec Theater 10/16 Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater 10/17 Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall 10/19 Boise, ID – Knitting Factory 10/20 Seattle, WA – El Corazon 10/21 Portland, OR – Roseland Theatre 10/23 San Francisco, CA – Warfield 10/26 Los Angeles, CA – The Mayan Theater 10/27 Reno, NV – Knitting Factory 10/28 Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot 10/30 San Diego, CA – Northside Park Theater 10/31 Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues 11/01 Phoenix, AZ – Monster Mash Festival

Became a grandpa for the second time today. :)

Counterparts

This could change tomorrow in half an hour. In no particular order: Xanadu Cygnus X-1 Hemispheres 2112 Anthem The Weapon Passage to Bangkok (E...SL version preferred) Red Barchetta Subdivisions Natural Science Honorable mentions: The Trees, La Villa Strangiato, In the End, The Spirit of Radio

Of the three Genesis songs mentioned, "Watcher of the Skies" matches your description.

WE HAVE ASSUMED CONTROL

greyfriar, ich habe gar nicht gewusst, dass du Deutscher bist! Vielleicht "RiverRhine Burgermeister" hätte ein Hinweis sein sollte! Ich hab drei Jahre in Augsburg gewohnt. Ich vermisse diese schöne, ja wunderschöne Stadt so sehr!

a lot of my teacher colleagues invest time correcting kids instead of encouraging them. As a language teacher I always celebrated the fact that kids were brave enough to speak up and make the mistakes necessary for growth. Many mistakes are desirable markers of emerging language control (think of a toddler that says "I goed to the store". He understands past tense!). Bingo.

I've been obsessed with languages since I was little, and I earn my keep through them. Besides doing some Czech-English and Slovak-English translation, I'm a private, online teacher for the most part. For example, here are this afternoon's classes: 1. Advanced conversational French 2. Latin IV (reading Virgil's Aeneid) 3. Conversational Modern Greek 4. Latin II (reading Caesar's De Bello Gallico) I teach other languages, and read novels in others for my personal enjoyment. I've been writing an intermediate Irish Gaelic reader for some time now, but I have no clue how or if I'll be able to publish it. I'm not well-rounded; my skills are intensely focused in this single area. Ask me to produce something in the kitchen besides a bowl of cereal? Deer in the headlights. Ask me to work a hammer or a screwdriver? Clueless.

And Permanent Waves, if the OP wants to consider part III of Natural Science.

Played six (6) Tull albums yesterday :hail: I view Stand Up and Benefit as being cut from the same cloth -- I prefer the former by a hair.

Parabéns, Rodrigo! Ela é muito bonita.

Yann Frisch!

Thanks all! Although I may have signed up two years ago, I didn't really begin coming here regularly until six months ago. It's been fun. Lest anyone get the wrong idea by GM's cryptic post, no, I don't have a thing for balls.* She knows that juggling has been a longtime hobby of mine! *not that there's anything wrong with that