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| SYd BarrettSyd barrett was part of the beguinning of pink floyd the craziest and finally destructivly crazy where he could not handle the new member gilmor and left - well thats the rumours. Fu*ken drugs I go sour faced when offered them but then i hate missing out on the experience you go through when taking with friends after reading the syd barret book when i was younger I got over it all real quick..ish.. heres the syd barret article - Bless his music and i hope he has a good reincarnation (hopefully to join jimi hendrix in my guitar) hah (To Natural Highs!!)
12/07/2006
Jonathan Cohen
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Pink Floyd co-founder Roger "Syd" Barrett has died at the age of 60, reportedly due to complications from diabetes.
The artist, who left Pink Floyd in the late 1960s after his mental health began to decline, spent the better part of the past 30 years living in seclusion with his mother in Cambridge, where he was born on January 6, 1946.
"The band are naturally very upset and sad to learn of Syd Barrett's death," the surviving members of Pink Floyd said in a statement. "Syd was the guiding light of the early band lineup and leaves a legacy which continues to inspire."
Pink Floyd began life in 1965 as most unassuming UK bands of the era did: as a run-of-the-mill blues-rock combo. Led by the enigmatic Barrett and staffed by bassist Roger Waters, keyboardist Rick Wright and drummer Nick Mason, Pink Floyd quickly began to push the boundaries of conventional rock, attracting underground acclaim for their trippy live shows.
Barrett proved himself a true genius, blending elements of pop and psychedelia on early singles such as 'See Emily Play' with mysterious, almost lighthearted lyrics. Pink Floyd's 1967 debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, still stands as one of the best psychedelic rock albums, driven by Barrett's oddball narratives and the band's skill with both long jams and perfect pop nuggets.
But as Barrett's intake of LSD increased, his behaviour became increasingly peculiar (especially in a live setting, where he'd often lapse into a zombie-like state), so much so that the rest of Pink Floyd were no longer able to work with him.
It was at this point that guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour joined the band, allowing Pink Floyd to continue playing live while Barrett worked out his problems. The rest of the group hoped Barrett would at least still be able to write songs, but this too proved to be impossible, and he was dropped from Pink Floyd entirely by early 1968.
Influential Artist
Gilmour and members of Soft Machine helped the fragile singer through two solo albums released in 1970, The Madcap Laughs and Barrett, on which he teetered between lucidity and madness. But his off-kilter ingenuity shined through on tracks like "Wouldn't You Miss Me (Dark Globe)," "Octopus," "Gigolo Aunt," "Terrapin," "Effervescing Elephant" and "Baby Lemonade," which would influence generations of singer/songwriters and rock bands alike.
By 1974, Barrett was beset by myriad mental problems and retreated to Cambridge, rarely to be seen in public again except to run errands or chat briefly with the Pink Floyd devotees who would knock on his front door, hoping for a glimpse of their idol.
But he remained an influence on his former bandmates, who dedicated the song 'Shine on You Crazy Diamond' and the 1975 album Wish You Were Here to him. Barrett showed up unannounced during recording sessions for the album, but due to his weight gain and hair loss, the rest of the group didn't recognize him at first.
In later years, Barrett lived off royalties from the Pink Floyd albums on which he played, as well as compilations and concert albums featuring his compositions. At their reunion performance during last summer's Live 8 benefit, Gilmour, Waters, Wright and Mason performed 'Wish You Were Here' in Barrett's honour. Gilmour also performed the solo Barrett track 'Dominoes' live during his spring world tour.
Aside from his two studio albums, Barrett's music can also be heard on the 1988 EMI outtakes compilation Opel and the 1993 boxed set Crazy Diamond, which featured additional previously unreleased material. The 2001 collection The Best of Syd Barrett: Wouldn't You Miss Me? offered a never-before-issued song, 'Bob Dylan Blues', reportedly found on a reel of tape that had been in Gilmour's possession for 30 years.
"I can't tell you how sad I feel," wrote David Bowie on his Web site (http://www.davidbowie.com). "Syd was a major inspiration for me. His impact on my thinking was enormous. A major regret is that I never got to know him." Bowie covered 'See Emily Play' on his 1973 album Pin-Ups.
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| the wasp problemhy are wasps a problem?
New Zealand has some of the highest densities of common and German wasps in the world. They have no natural predators here, our winters are mild and there is plenty of food for them.
They present a particular ecological problem in beech forest where they are voracious consumers of honeydew. In beech forests there is an estimated average density of 12 nests, or about 10,000 worker wasps, per hectare. This makes the biomass of wasps in these areas higher than that of all native birds, plus stoats and rodents, put together. Honeydew is produced by a native scale insect and is an important food for native birds, bats, insects and lizards.
Wasps also prey on insects and have even been seen killing newly-hatched birds.
They are a nuisance to forestry gangs, and a worry to tourist operators. Wasps are unwelcome guests at summer picnics and barbecues. No-one finds a wasp sting a fun experience and some people have an allergic reaction.
Methods of control
The best way to reduce a local wasp population is to find and destroy all the nests in the area. Usually wasps fly no further than 200 metres, so you should aim to kill all the nests within this range. The best way to find a wasp nest is to search on sunny days, near dawn or dusk, when the low light angles highlight the flight path as wasps enter and leave the nest. You can put out a bait of cat food sprinkled with flour which will make the wasps easier to see.
Once located, a dessertspoonful of insecticide should be placed at the nest entrance after dark when the wasps have stopped flying. You can use a puffer bottle for this job. Don't shine your torch into the nest or wasps will fly up the beam. Worker wasps flying in and out will spread the powder into the nest and the colony usually dies within a day. If activity continues repeat the treatment until wasp activity ceases.
There is a range of insecticides available from hardware and garden stores. These include Permex, Yates Wasp Killer and Rentokil. Follow the safety instructions supplied with the insecticide.
The use of poison bait is a promising alternative to putting poison in the nest yourself. The great advantage of poisoned bait is that worker wasps carry the bait home, saving you the effort of trying to find the nest and the hassle of going near it. However, this form of control is not yet available for home users. | | |
| paintingenetered an art fair/competition last week and went ot pick up my two paintings today one of themsold eeee 480$ wow i thought it would be the one not to sell. very exciting. bit emabarrassed too because i know how trashed the back looks in comparasion to some of the more tidy artists at the show. hmmm hope its ok, i am imporving at least it had wire and a hook. just spent the night on waiheke with bruces sister and family man they are funny wendy is such a hippy, they have a new puppy too it looks like a golden lab but its actually a golden collie cross pitball haha funny very cute3.
mentally i am smashed due to allthis study i am still scoring As and high bs so happy but very tired juggling so much stuff got myself a large buddah to celebrate my panting selling he is so fat and happy i love it and large its a garden buddah but its cold out side !!!! so many storms and howling winds at the moment its wondeful i love the wildness oooooo howling winds!!!!!! | | |
| all goodwell cool all back to normal and forward into the tornado campaign for the boys and me scoring some nice marks on my later essays i must have stopped waffling - i think it was panic essays but hell A+ thank you said the future environmentalist.
Kittens are fatening up can eat them soon .... i mean adopt them..
Bruce has old mate round they are sittin gin the spa getting drunk and stoned and laughing lots , i study like a good student and dam right too.
obe ka nobe!
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| the foggy quantus morningi just woke at 4:30 in the morning and drove out to the airport - thoought about the moterways and how it was so quiet and about the huge empty motor ways in trukey with the horse and cart trotting along n it. record time actually 20 mins , checked arrival sweet not landed yet wont be long, got a latte and a paper and sat downand waited then looked up and saw flight delay 10:30 am :((((((
so now i am back at home again so so disappointed, he will have to catch a taxi to my work then drive home and i wil be adopted sundays are busy boooo wahhhh i am never letting him leave me for 2 months again its too long to be away, 1 month ok 2 months is torture!
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