Topic: Attn Tim M- new Crack the Sky (Read 3793 times)

Jay Barracato · « **on:** May 23, 2018, 02:50:09 AM »

Two new Crack the Sky albums announced. One a rerecorded retrospective, the other new music for fall release..

I figured you are unlikely to have seen the FB discussions.

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Tim McCulloch · « **Reply #1 on:** May 23, 2018, 03:08:02 AM »

Quote from: Jay Barracato on May 23, 2018, 02:50:09 AM

Two new Crack the Sky albums announced. One a rerecorded retrospective, the other new music for fall release..

I figured you are unlikely to have seen the FB discussions.

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Correct, no FB for me... and thanks for the heads up, Jay!

"Will you stand by me against the cold night
Or are you afraid of the ice?"
- Crack the Sky

Craig Leerman · « **Reply #2 on:** May 23, 2018, 08:25:13 AM »

That’s good news! I like to play various stuff through my PA for testing and recently have been using Hot Razors as a test track!

They had a horn section sometimes when they played live called the Crack Pack Horns.

On a side note, Bobby Hird and I were together when the news of Stevie Ray Vaughn’s death came over the radio. Sad day.

Craig

Milt Hathaway · « **Reply #3 on:** May 23, 2018, 08:44:18 AM »

I did not know there were Crack the Sky fans here. Fantastic!

Michael Lascuola · « **Reply #4 on:** May 23, 2018, 08:47:07 AM »

One of the best live bands I've ever heard, for sure.

Speaking of heard, it's "Bobby Hird."

Craig Leerman · « **Reply #5 on:** May 23, 2018, 08:48:27 AM »

Quote from: Michael Lascuola on May 23, 2018, 08:47:07 AM

One of the best live bands I've ever heard, for sure.

Speaking of heard, it's "Bobby Hird."

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It is Hird, I’m still sleeping or my spell check on my iPad has a mind of its own Lol

Ray Aberle · « **Reply #6 on:** May 23, 2018, 09:56:48 AM »

Quote from: Tim McCulloch on May 23, 2018, 03:08:02 AM

Correct, no FB for me... and thanks for the heads up, Jay!

"Will you stand by me against the cold night
Or are you afraid of the ice?"
- Crack the Sky

But you're still on MySpace, right?!?

Tim McCulloch · « **Reply #7 on:** May 23, 2018, 11:20:51 AM »

Quote from: Ray Aberle on May 23, 2018, 09:56:48 AM

But you're still on MySpace, right?!?

Tongue noted in cheek....

Nope, I've never signed up for any of the social media stuff. I figured out if it's free, I'm the product. I'd ditch gmail if it weren't for how widely spread the address is.

I've also opted out of every google setting that tracks, lists, etc. To the extent that I can, I try to minimize my online footprint. I block most javascript from running in Firefox. Folks who've never used a script blocker (I use NoScript) will be amazed at how many scripts that track you are involved in most web pages, and all of them serve up some bit of content (including clear pixel jpg/gifs, used to track you).

My goal is security and to the extent I can control it, privacy.

Now back to CTS...

Ray Aberle · « **Reply #8 on:** May 23, 2018, 12:42:08 PM »

My website does NOT track users. The closest I get to ANY sort of scripting is Google Analytics and a couple of PHP based forms for contact/quote requests. Not only do I not display content based on previous actions, I don't even know how to code that.... lol.

[Edit to clarify: My company has no code to identify users based on any trackable attributes. Google Analytics does track a user on a session basis, but I do not collect that data. I mean, I think it's in GA, but I've not been on that site in a year or more... haha. I can't tell you, for example, how many people visit my site from, say, a mobile device, on a weekly basis.]

I keep getting people telling me that I NEED FACEBOOK TO MARKET MY BUSINESS! First of all, no, no, no I don't - I believe in building relationships the old fashioned way (is that why I am single still?!?). Second, this business is way too much word-of-mouth- whereas a nice web presence is amusing, it's not a make-it-or-break-it situation for the business.

Re security, It's amazing how many people scream about "OMG Facebook SOLD MY DATA!" and don't realise that the company offering you a FREE service needs to make money somewhere...

/topic swerve and rant

Dave Garoutte · « **Reply #9 on:** May 23, 2018, 01:16:18 PM »

Unfortunately, I think the newer and coming generations of humans have a very different view of privacy.
Their lives are online for all to see, so what's the big deal about yet more info out there.
Personally, I hate it. I'm not a Luddite (been using computers since XTs, my mom had an Osborne), I'm just anti-social.
The other day I was looking at sun shades, and now all the pop up ads are about sun shades. !@?$$#@!

Tim McCulloch · « **Reply #10 on:** May 23, 2018, 03:40:21 PM »

Quote from: Ray Aberle on May 23, 2018, 12:42:08 PM

My website does NOT track users. The closest I get to ANY sort of scripting is Google Analytics and a couple of PHP based forms for contact/quote requests. Not only do I not display content based on previous actions, I don't even know how to code that.... lol.

I keep getting people telling me that I NEED FACEBOOK TO MARKET MY BUSINESS! First of all, no, no, no I don't - I believe in building relationships the old fashioned way (is that why I am single still?!?). Second, this business is way too much word-of-mouth- whereas a nice web presence is amusing, it's not a make-it-or-break-it situation for the business.

Re security, It's amazing how many people scream about "OMG Facebook SOLD MY DATA!" and don't realise that the company offering you a FREE service needs to make money somewhere...

/topic swerve and rant

I block Google Analytics. I block EVERY SCRIPT not needed to display the content I need.

Auto-play videos are my current rant topic. Local TV stations, "newspapers", etc. I don't want stuff to just start playing and there's no way to change that attribute so I block them.

I'm good with the 'diminished experience' but I'm sure the youngers would call me a Luddite.

Quote from: Dave Garoutte on May 23, 2018, 01:16:18 PM

Unfortunately, I think the newer and coming generations of humans have a very different view of privacy.
Their lives are online for all to see, so what's the big deal about yet more info out there.
Personally, I hate it. I'm not a Luddite (been using computers since XTs, my mom had an Osborne), I'm just anti-social.
The other day I was looking at sun shades, and now all the pop up ads are about sun shades. !@?$$#@!

The only reason the youngers are comfortable is because they started out sharing stuff that they should not have, long before anyone realized that EVERY SINGLE WORD they entered was being captured and analyzed. The WWW should have come with a Miranda-type warning: "EVERYTHING you enter and everything you look at will be used to commercialize you as a person."

I was a proud owner of an Osborne. The 5 inch screen, dual 360kB floppy drives... 8 bit CP/M OS.... and the most important part - the bundled WordStar. About the time I got really fluent with it, MS introduced Word and WS was a goner.

Edit ps: If only Ozzy wass related to Adam Osborne...

John L Nobile · « **Reply #11 on:** May 23, 2018, 04:28:42 PM »

I've never heard of them so I thought I'd give them a listen on Youtube. I'm really liking them. Very different and progressive. I'll have to look at their wikipedia page when I get a chance.

Stephen Kirby · « **Reply #12 on:** May 23, 2018, 05:02:43 PM »

There used to be a maxim that said "Never put anything in writing that you don't want to see on the front page of the newspaper". The modern version of that is never do anything on line with your computer that you don't want to have go viral on any social media. For that matter, with the proliferation of cameras, never do anything in public that you don't want to see everywhere.
Since I lead a pretty boring life, I've no problem with social media and what I put on-line. If a potential employer doesn't like that fact that I play music or a few sports, then that's their loss.
Just finished my annual user data security training refresher and wish I could talk about it. As we seem to have the worst public relations department in the world. When I heard the response to the hatchet job on 60 Minutes I screamed. To let them conflate and twist things the way they did and not try to set the record straight is personally infuriating. But publicly co-opting the official channels is a terminatable offense. So I have to bite my on-line tongue and hope that some day they clear things up.

Michael Lascuola · « **Reply #13 on:** May 23, 2018, 05:36:19 PM »

Quote from: John L Nobile on May 23, 2018, 04:28:42 PM

I've never heard of them so I thought I'd give them a listen on Youtube. I'm really liking them. Very different and progressive. I'll have to look at their wikipedia page when I get a chance.

John
The first 3 LPs are must-have, in my opinion. Their (first) replacement bass player Carey Ziegler is also a total monster -- check out this track, as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB0G4gxSTxw

Last I looked, the Wiki page was a bit opinionated, IMO.

Milt Hathaway · « **Reply #14 on:** May 23, 2018, 05:54:18 PM »

Quote from: Tim McCulloch on May 23, 2018, 03:40:21 PM

Auto-play videos are my current rant topic. Local TV stations, "newspapers", etc. I don't want stuff to just start playing and there's no way to change that attribute so I block them.

In Firefox put about:config in the address bar and you're taken to a magical land where you can completely screw up your browser. Though when you're there you can tell Firefox to never ever auto-play a video. I've done that at my shop where the ADSL internet connection I'm stuck with reminds me of the days of my magical 14.4 modem.

(Other browsers may allow this also, but I don't have them and don't know.)

Tim McCulloch · « **Reply #15 on:** May 23, 2018, 06:09:00 PM »

Quote from: Michael Lascuola on May 23, 2018, 05:36:19 PM

John
The first 3 LPs are must-have, in my opinion. Their (first) replacement bass player Carey Ziegler is also a total monster -- check out this track, as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB0G4gxSTxw

Last I looked, the Wiki page was a bit opinionated, IMO.

Live Sky is a great introduction to their music, IMHO, but lacks John Palumbo's vocals as he did not wish to tour (among other things).

Gary Greyhosky · « **Reply #16 on:** May 24, 2018, 07:57:00 AM »

This is good news. I've been a Crack The Sky fan for decades. I turned my entire college dorm floor on to them back in 1980. The classic rock cover band (actually our Tuesday night scotch drinking club) I play in, covers a couple of their songs. We play "stump the audience" with them. One of the most creative and original bands that should have gotten huge and didn't.

John L Nobile · « **Reply #17 on:** May 24, 2018, 11:16:33 AM »

Quote from: Michael Lascuola on May 23, 2018, 05:36:19 PM

John
The first 3 LPs are must-have, in my opinion. Their (first) replacement bass player Carey Ziegler is also a total monster -- check out this track, as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB0G4gxSTxw

Last I looked, the Wiki page was a bit opinionated, IMO.

I'm listening to a Rare Remaster Edition. Very nice! A unique sound. I'm hearing a bit of a Jethro Tull influence and other 70's prog bands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bx0jR4rdn8

That track you posted is kinda funky for a white band.