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• Tranglos Software: Welcome

  Tranglos Software: Welcome Welcome to Tranglos.com Tranglos Dictionary organizer for translators A unique solution for freelance translators, Tranglos will organize, manage and search throu

• Tranglos Software: Contact information

  When you send me email, please always specify which version of the program you are using (as detailed as possible, e.g. Please do not send any unnecessary attachments (vcards, graphic backgrounds

• Tranglos software: Freeware: Submit comments

  Your name: (optional) Your email address: Check here if you want an urgent reply. Application name:KeyNoteOubliettePhoneDeckKookie JarVisitURLInjectURLGUIDClean Windows version: (required): Enter you

• Tranglos software: Oubliette

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• Tranglos Software: Oubliette

  Tranglos Software: Oubliette Oubliette Version: 1.9.2 Released: 18 Oct 1999 Updated: 16 May 2003 Information Features What's new Screenshots Download FAQ Bugs?

• Tranglos Software: Oubliette: License

  The contents of this package ("Oubliette") are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this package except in compliance with the License. The Original Code

• Tranglos Software: Oubliette: Release history

  Oubliette: Release history 16 May 2003 - version 1.9.2: 06 May 2003 - version 1.9: 06 May 2003 - version 1.8: 28 Feb 2003 - version 1.7: 16 Feb 2003 - version 1.6.5: 25 Jan 2003 - version 1.6: 11 Jan

• Tranglos Software: Oubliette: Awards and reviews

  Oubliette: Awards Seen and reviewed on TechTV "Cool" award at ListSoft Rated 5 stars at WebAttack.com SoftlandMark: Editor's Pick Shareware Update: Review FreewareWeb: 4.5 out of 5 points URL: www.tra

• Tranglos Software: Oubliette: Features overview

  Oubliette: Features overview At this time, with version 1.6 recently released, Oubliette is easily one of the most feature-packed password managers avaiable - among both freeware and shareware competi

• Tranglos Software: Oubliette: Open-Source development

  Oubliette: Open-Source development Ever since the release of version 1.0, Oubliette has been distributed under Mozilla Public License (MPL). Oubliette 2.0 is now under design. It will offer several ne

• Tranglos Software: Oubliette: Download

  (oubsetup.exe - full install package; about 1 MB) (previous version - identical to 1.9, with no translation support) (Version 1.4: no XP-style menus, old file format, smaller executable; includes sour

• Tranglos Software: Oubliette: Screenshots

  Oubliette: Screenshots The main program window with a sample account displayed. You can hide or show the passwords with a single keypress. The XP-style toolbar can revert to standard (non-XP) look. Ou

• Tranglos Software: Oubliette: Frequently asked questions

  The only thing to do is to try and recall your password. A: Both algorithms are currently considered uncrackable by brute force alone. Note that Oubliette provides the browser window (F11) as an alter

• Tranglos Software: Oubliette: Known bugs and limitations

  Oubliette: Known bugs and limitations I. Bugs When you activate the function, the following message is displayed: "No supported browser seems to be running". IE 6.0 may not support DDE or the way it s

• Tranglos Software: Oubliette

  May 2003: Version 1.9 released with support for languages other than English. Yes, there are many freeware and shareware password databases around... and this is one of them. It will store a list of a

• Tranglos Software: Oubliette: Add-ons

  Oubliette 1.9. Complete Help file for Oubliette in French, translated by Philippe CURTIL. Contains: sample OUB file, export templates, CSV import maps, shortcuts to online help and support forums Upda

• Fnord

  Fnord fnord Klock: Erisian Time Machine Godspell machine Discordian fnordku generator Discordian Kalendar in JavaScript More Discordian software (external) Who put the disco in discordia? f

• Discordian Kalendar per JavaScript

  Discordian Kalendarver 2.3or an Etude for JavaScript and a Capable Browser Holy fnord!!Your browser won't talk JavaScript.You may want to get Netscape 3.0+ (or enable JavaScript if this is what you ar

• Your fnord will be redirected

  Your fnord will soon be redirected... here!.

• Tranglos software: Freeware FAQ

  Third, all this does not add any useful functionality at all! Fourth, it's unreadable. Or even worse - this is what recent versions of MS Outlook produce: (For another view, somewhat more succinct yet

• Tranglos Software: Freeware: Support this website

  I occasionally receive email that says "You should sell this software," or "I would be happy to pay (some amount) for this program." You can help in other ways, if you wish. Tell others about my softw

• Tranglos Software: KeyNote: Help wanted

  Each new release needs to be tested on various versions of Windows. In the table below, a blank checkmark means I still need testers for a particular environment; a checked box means I'm already in

• KeyNote 2.0 Development FAQ

  Yes. By far the best documentation is KeyNote source code. After a lengthy debate on keynote-dev and lots of excellent suggestions, the following terminology changes have been introduced: KeyNote "fil

• KeyNote 2.0: Graphics requirements

  KeyNote 2.0: Graphics Version: 1.01 / 07 Feb 2003 The latest version if this file is available at http://www.tranglos.com/free/knt2devgraph.html. See also: KeyNote 2.0 Development FAQ. This documents

• KeyNote 2.0: Development assistance sought

  KeyNote 2.0: Development assistance sought Version: 1.1 / 01 May 2003 The latest version if this file is available at http://www.tranglos.com/free/knt2devassist.html. See also: KeyNote 2.0 development

• Tranglos software: KookieJar

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• Tranglos Software: KookieJar

  Tranglos Software: KookieJar KookieJar Version: 6.3 Released: 3 Sept 1998 Updated: 30 Nov 2002 Information Features What's new Screenshots Download FAQ Bugs?

• Tranglos Software: KookieJar: Screenshots

  KookieJar: Screenshots Main program window with a sample quote displayed Bored with random chance? Select a quote manually from a convenient window. A signature is more than a quote. Use the small but

• Tranglos Software: KookieJar: License

  The contents of this package ("KookieJar") are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this package except in compliance with the License. The Original Code

• Tranglos Software: KookieJar: Awards and reviews

  KookieJar: Awards Members of the alt.comp.freeware newsgroup have selected KookieJar for inclusion in the Pricelessware List. It is a true honor to have my software listed among a number of excellent

• Tranglos Software: KookieJar: Release history

  KookieJar: Release history Upgrading from version 5.9? 30 November - version 6.3: 6 March 2002 - version 6.1.4: 5 January 2002 - version 6.1.2: 5 January 2002 - version 6.1: 21 August 2001 - version 6

• Tranglos Software: KookieJar: Frequently asked questions

  You could use KookieJar with the "/exit" command-line switch, as described in Help, so that the program starts up, creates a new set of signatures and exits automatically. Tells KookieJar to create an

• Tranglos Software: KookieJar: Features overview

  KookieJar: Features overview Please see also: What's new and improved in KookieJar 6.0. Major features: Ability to maintain an unlimited number of signatures. This is very useful for instance if you n

• Tranglos Software: KookieJar: Download

  Do not install KookieJar 6.0 into the same directory in which a previous version of the program is installed. (KookieJar 6.06; requires Borland Delphi 5.0) (single-signature edition, smaller and simpl

• Tranglos Software: KookieJar: Known bugs and limitations

  KookieJar: Known bugs and limitations I. Bugs This results in a clearly erroneous timer display in the status bar, e.g. "1362/15", where KookieJar was set to generate a new signature every 15 minutes.

• Tranglos Software: KookieJar: Open-Source development

  Since the release of version 6.0, KookieJar has been distributed under Mozilla Public License (MPL). For the time being, KookieJar 6.0 is the last incarnation of the program. Being open-source, Kookie

• Tranglos Software: KookieJar

  Typically, KookieJar starts automatically with Windows, lives in the tray (an icon is placed next to the system clock in the lower right-hand corner of the screen), chooses a new random tagline at a p

• Configuring your mail or news client to work with KookieJar 6.0

  This document describes how various email and news clients can be configured to work with KookieJar. Information contained here is based either on my own experience, or on suggestions I have received

• Tranglos Software: KookieJar: What's new in KookieJar 6.0

  I have tried to introduce all the new 6.0 functionality while preserving as much of the original KookieJar design as possible. Templates and signature formats work in a slightly different way now. To

• Tranglos software: KeyNote

  Tranglos software: KeyNote If you see this text, your browser doesn't support frames.

• Tranglos Software: KeyNote

  Built-in strong encryption allows you to secure your files against unauthorized access or modification. The "virtual node" feature additionally allows you to pull together many files and edit them all

• Tranglos Software: KeyNote: Add-ons

  These are links to external sites, where you can find more sample files and related material. Plugins require KeyNote version 0.999 or higher. kntplugins-dev.zip - includes documentation and example s

• Tranglos Software: KeyNote: Features overview

  A list of features and functions, no matter how detailed, will not do full justice to KeyNote. KeyNote is used by screenwriters to draft screenplays, by medical doctors to keep patient databases, by d

• Tranglos Software: KeyNote: Screenshots

  KeyNote: Screenshots This is what KeyNote's main window typically looks like. Note that you can have many simple or tree-type notes, and they can be mixed freely. Each you see is a separate RTF note,

• Tranglos Software: KeyNote: License

  The contents of this package ("KeyNote") are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this package except in compliance with the License. The Original Code is

• Tranglos Software: KeyNote: Open-Source development

  KeyNote: Open-Source development Ever since the release of version 1.0, KeyNote has been distributed under Mozilla Public License (MPL). Full source code is available from the Downloads section. KeyNo

• Tranglos Software: KeyNote

  Tranglos Software: KeyNote KeyNote Version: 1.6.1 Released: 7 Aug 2000 Updated: 6 Jan 2003 Information Features What's new Screenshots Download FAQ Bugs?

• Tranglos Software: KeyNote: Awards and reviews

  KeyNote: Awards and reviews Awards "Certified Powertool" award, granted by PowerTools Forum. Members of the alt.comp.freeware newsgroup have selected KeyNote for inclusion in the Pricelessware List. E

• Tranglos Software: KeyNote: Release history

  This is quite possibly the last release of KeyNote 1.x. Note: If you are upgrading from a version of KeyNote earlier than 0.90, please consider uninstalling that version and manually deleting the "key

• Tranglos Software: KeyNote: Frequently asked questions

  A: Maybe. A: Not directly. However, KeyNote already has the kind of protection you need. (Note: if the file has been modified, KeyNote has to save it before closing. A: Yes! I do not suppose KeyNote w

• Tranglos Software: KeyNote: Download

  (kntsetup.exe - full install package; about 1.7 MB) (keynote_upd.zip - use only if you have previously installed KeyNote using the full installer package; about 750 KB) (keynote_source.zip - Borland D

• Tranglos Software: KeyNote: Known bugs and limitations

  With SafePrint turned ON, the printing is done directly from the richedit control, so you get all the "advanced" formatting attributes, but the page setup dialog is simply bypassed, and all settings y

• Marek Jedlinski - Curriculum vitae

  Curriculum vitae Name Home address (home address and telephone number available upon request; please email first) Email Office address Office telephone/fax Date of birth Higher education Professional

• Jonathan Carroll - Title page

  M.A. thesis, written at Department of American Literature and Culture, University of Lodz, Poland, 1993 under the supervision of Prof. If you have any comments or questions, if you enjoy this text or

• Not in Kansas Anymore - Acknowledgements

  To Professor Agnieszka Salska for insight and patience in supervising the project; to Professor David Pichaske and to Anna Reading, BA, for kindly supplying copies of the novels; to Ewa Bednarowicz fo

• Jonathan Carroll - Bibliography (incl. Polish editions)

  I. The Novels (all titles © by Jonathan Carroll) The Land of Laughs, The Viking Press, New York, 1980 Published in Poland as: Kraina Chichów, Biblioteka "Fantastyki", Ksi±żka i Wiedza, Warszawa 1990,

• Not in Kansas Anymore - Foreword

  "Writing is organizing one's personal chaos." - Jonathan Carroll The purpose that a preface to any written work is supposed to serve is either for the author to introduce or justify the subject matter

• Not in Kansas Anymore - part 1 chapter 1

  Jonathan Carroll's first novel, The Land of Laughs, is built around an imaginary character - or rather a ghost of one - a reclusive and largely mysterious writer of children's books named Marshall Fra

• Not in Kansas Anymore - footnotes

  (VS, p.64) At another time, when Joe confesses to having a dark streak in his past, Paul reassures him by quoting from Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray: "The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield t

• Not in Kansas Anymore - part 1 chapter 2

  A shorter, more aphoristic in form, is the opinion on the same subject expressed by another acclaimed horror writer, Anne Rivers Siddons: "Without belief there is no terror." (12) When the time for te

• Not in Kansas Anymore - part 1

  Part One: GENERATION (The Land of Laughs) I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto... - from Wizard of Oz Next chapter Previous chapter Contents Marek Jedlinski. All rights reserved, yessir.Title p

• Not in Kansas Anymore - part 2 chapter 1

  We will begin with Voice of our Shadow and Bones of the Moon: a pair of novels that distinctively deal with the problems of guilt (and responsibility, which, as primary to the other, is basic to most

• Not in Kansas Anymore - part 1 chapter 3

  It has already been demonstrated how the major theme of The Land of Laughs, suggested on different levels of complexity, appears to be art. If we read The Land of Laughs as a quest which Thomas undert

• Not in Kansas Anymore - Part 2

  Part Two: OPERATION "There's a crack, a crack in everything; That's how the light gets in... Next chapter Previous chapter Contents Marek Jedlinski. All rights reserved, yessir.Title page and contents

• Not in Kansas Anymore - Afterword

  "I envy anyone who has yet to enjoy the sexy, eerie and addictive novels of Jonathan Carroll. One consequence of such an approach(104) is that in order to keep the volume of this guide within reasonab

• Not in Kansas Anymore - Introduction

  "If you want to know how the rockets are going to work in any hypothetical future, turn to Larry Niven or Robert Heinlein; if you want literature about what the future might hold, you must go to Ray B

• Not in Kansas Anymore - part 2 chapter 2

  The best way to introduce Sleeping in Flame is just by recollecting the Grimms' tale: a story of a poor miller's daughter who, unable to spin straw into gold for a greedy king (which he has been led t

• Not in Kansas Anymore - part 3 chapter 1

  Part Two begins with a story told by Mary Poe - Max's friend and a private investigator - which besides being a little gruesome is probably the novel's focal point, a miniature metaphor for its concer

• Jonathan Carroll - Index page

  Jonathan Carroll - Index page After Silence Alice in Wonderland Ashbery, John Bettelheim, Bruno Black Cocktail Bones of the Moon Carroll, Jonathan Child Across the Sky Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Die Pa

• Not in Kansas Anymore - Part 3

  Part Three: DESTRUCTION (After Silence) "I miss being obsessed. Next chapter Previous chapter Contents Marek Jedlinski. All rights reserved, yessir.Title page and contents: http://carroll.tranglos.co

• Not in Kansas Anymore - part 2 chapter 3

  On the other hand, since Bones of the Moon, Carroll's novels have become closely associated with one another. Corresponding ideas form the foundation of Carroll's next novel, Outside the Dog Museum, b

• Marek Jedlinski - zyciorys

  Curriculum vitae Nazwisko Adres domowy Email Miejsce pracy Telefon i faks (UŁ) Data urodzenia, miejsce Wykształcenie wyższe Staż, do¶wiadczenie zawodowe Znajomo¶ć obsługi komputera Stypendia, wyjazdy

• Tranglos Software: Freeware

  Tranglos Software: Freeware This is the index of the "Tranglos Software - Freeware" page. If you see this text, your browser doesn't support frames.

• Tranglos Software: Freeware and Open-Source applications for Windows

  Tranglos Software: Freeware and Open-Source applications for Windows Freeware: Home Recent updates Freeware FAQ Mailing lists Forums Tin cup Search with Google KeyNote Tabbed notebook, outlin

• Tranglos software: VisitURL

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• Tranglos Software: VisitURL

  VisitURL is not a fully-fledged bookmark manager. VisitURL is designed to help maintain a handy (as in: at hand) list of URLs that you intend to visit. To access the bookmarked site, you can either vi

• Tranglos Software: VisitURL

  Tranglos Software: VisitURL VisitURL Version: 1.74 Released: 1 Apr 1998 Updated: 30 Nov 2002 Information Features What's new Screenshots Download FAQ Bugs?

• Tranglos Software: VisitURL: Known bugs and limitations

  VisitURL: Known bugs and limitations I. Bugs It's also one of the first Windows applications I ever wrote, so it does have quirks, instead! II. Does not integrate with Opera. This is not a bug, just a

• Tranglos Software: VisitURL: Release history

  VisitURL: Release history 30 November 4 June 2002: 22 December August 2000: 21 August 2000: 4 June 2000: 12 April 2000: 11 March 2000: 20 November 1999: 23 October 1999: 5 October 1999: 19 September 1

• Tranglos Software: VisitURL: Download

  VisitURL: Download Download locations (visit.zip - about 650 kb) From Yahoo Groups Local copy From 34sp.com (UK) URL: www.tranglos.comContact information Software and website Copyright © Marek Jedlin

• Tranglos Software: VisitURL: Development plans

  VisitURL: Development plans Features to be implemented shortly: Apart from fixing any bugs that may be found, this version of VisitURL is practically frozen and no longer developed or supported. Featu

• Tranglos Software: VisitURL: Licence

  VisitURL is Copyright © by Marek Jedlinski 1998-2003. DISCLAIMER: This program is provided as is, without warranty of any kind, express or implied. Use of this software indicates you understand and ag

• Tranglos Software: VisitURL: Screenshots

  VisitURL: Screenshots Main program window: URL: www.tranglos.comContact information Software and website Copyright © Marek Jedlinski, 2003

• Tranglos Software: VisitURL: Features overview

  VisitURL: Features overview Features are legion. The program performs a relatively simple task, but it aims to do it well, which includes flexibility. Here are some of the highlights. Major features:

• Tranglos Software: Freeware: Recently updated applications

  Freeware: Recently updated applications This page lists freeware applications that have recently been added or updated. Please see the appropriate application's pages for details. Recently updated app

• Tranglos software: InjectURL

  Tranglos software: InjectURL If you see this text, your browser doesn't support frames.

• Tranglos Software: InjectURL

  Tranglos Software: InjectURL InjectURL Version: 2.17 Released: 28 Aug 1999 Updated: 20 Nov 1999 Information Features What's new Screenshots Download FAQ Bugs?

• Tranglos Software: InjectURL: Known bugs and limitations

  InjectURL: Known bugs and limitations I. Bugs I have not been able to reproduce this problem, but I intend to rewrite the program from scratch using a different browser integration technique to elimin

• Tranglos Software: InjectURL: Features overview

  InjectURL: Features overview Two modes of operation: Text documents vs HTML documents: Configuring how URLs are inserted: The program has many configuration options, which allow you to customize the p

• Tranglos Software: InjectURL: Download

  InjectURL: Download Download locations (injecturl.zip - about 600 kb) From Yahoo Groups Local copy From 34sp.com (UK) URL: www.tranglos.comContact information Software and website Copyright © Marek J

• Tranglos Software: InjectURL: Development plans

  InjectURL: Development plans Features to be implemented shortly: When I have the time, I will rewrite the program from scratch. Features to be implemented at in a later release (deferred to the next m

• Tranglos Software: InjectURL: Frequently asked questions

  InjectURL: Frequently asked questions Q: Why doesn't InjectURL work with the latest versions of Netscape or Opera? A: In Internet time, InjectURL is an old program. When I wrote it, Netscape 4.0 was s

• Tranglos Software: InjectURL: Licence

  InjectURL is Copyright © by Marek Jedlinski 1999-2003. DISCLAIMER: This program is provided as is, without warranty of any kind, express or implied. Use of this software indicates you understand and a

• Tranglos Software: InjectURL: Awards and reviews

  InjectURL: Awards Featured in Lockergnome URL: www.tranglos.comContact information Software and website Copyright © Marek Jedlinski, 2003

• Tranglos Software: InjectURL: Release history

  InjectURL: Release history 15 November 1999: Toolbar now has a right-click menu which allows choosing between "flat" buttons and the older 3-D look. 12 November 1999: 18 September 1999: 21 September 1

• Tranglos Software: InjectURL: Screenshots

  InjectURL: Screenshots The main program window. The window is resizeable; the toolbar can be displayed as 'flat'. Commonly used functions are accessible via the toolbar. Each of the main areas (toolba

• Tranglos Software: KeyNote

  InjectURL: Automatically "injects" URL address and last-visited date into documents downloaded from the Web InjectURL is a simple application designed to do only one task and do it well: to help you k

• Tranglos software: GUIDClean

  Tranglos software: GUIDClean If you see this text, your browser doesn't support frames.

• Tranglos Software: GUIDClean

  GUIDClean is a program to detect, display and modify the Global Unique Identifiers (GUID) that some MS Office products (Word and Excel) place in documents. To install the program, simply unpack the ar

• Tranglos Software: GUIDClean

  Tranglos Software: GUIDClean GUIDClean Version: 1.1 Released: 22 Mar 1999 Updated: 20 Sept 1999 Information Features What's new Screenshots Download FAQ Bugs?

• Tranglos Software: GUIDClean: Release history

  GUIDClean: Release history GUIDClean was originally released on March 22, 1999. (no release notes) URL: www.tranglos.comContact information Software and website Copyright © Marek Jedlinski, 2003

• Tranglos Software: GUIDClean: Known bugs and limitations

  GUIDClean: Known bugs and limitations I. Bugs II. GUIDClean does not verify that the GUID strings it finds in MS Office documents do in fact conform to the published specification. It does not attempt

• Tranglos Software: GUIDClean: Features overview

  GUIDClean: Features overview Major features: Two-step (locate and process) all documents containing GUID strings (Word documents and templates, Excel spreadsheets). Documents can be added and processe

• Tranglos Software: GUIDClean: Download

  GUIDClean: Download Download locations (guidclean.zip - about 260 kb; includes full Delphi source code) From Yahoo Groups Local copy From 34sp.com (UK) URL: www.tranglos.comContact information Softwa

• Tranglos Software: GUIDClean: Screenshots

  GUIDClean: Screenshots The main program window. All functions are accessed from this screen. URL: www.tranglos.comContact information Software and website Copyright © Marek Jedlinski, 2003

• Tranglos Software: GUIDClean: Frequently asked questions

  A: GUIDClean does not detect GUIDs in MS Office 2000 documents, simply because Microsoft have apparently removed this feature from Office 2000 applications, hence there is nothing for GUIDClean to do

• Tranglos Software: GUIDClean: License

  GUIDClean is Copyright © by Marek Jedlinski, 2000. This program is free software; it can be freely distributed and/or modified under the terms of the `Artistic License' or the `GNU General Public Lice

• Tranglos Software: Welcome

  Tranglos Software: Welcome Search tranglos.com with Google Search WWW Search tranglos.com URL: www.tranglos.com Email: webmaster@tranglos.comSoftware and website Copyright Marek Jedl

• Tranglos Software: Freeware

  All applications listed in this section are freeware. All applications support Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, ME, 2000 and XP. It is a great honor for KeyNote to have received the Certified Powertool award f

• Jonathan Carroll's magic lands

  If the name Jonathan Carroll sounds unfamiliar to you, then you must have arrived here by some sort of fortunate accident. If, on the other hand, you know (of) Jonathan Carroll, maybe have read a few

• Tranglos software: PhoneDeck

  Tranglos software: PhoneDeck If you see this text, your browser doesn't support frames.

• Tranglos Software: PhoneDeck

  Yes, there are several freeware address book programs around... and this is one of them. It's different. If you would like to add a new language to the list, please read the file "LANGUAGE.TXT" instal

• Tranglos Software: PhoneDeck: Features overview

  PhoneDeck: Features overview Major features: One-click add or edit address entry. Quickly access any address by typing the first few letters of the name, by clicking an alphabet index button, or by us

• Phonedeck 2.0

  I am beginning the design and development of PhoneDeck 2.0. Below you'll find a list of changes and improvements planned for version 2.0. Note: There is also a mailing list where you can ask questions

• Tranglos Software: PhoneDeck: Release history

  PhoneDeck: Release history 30 November - version 1.3 28 February 2002 - version 1.2: 23 May 2001: 15 March 2001: 24 February 2001: 23 Jan 2001: 17 Jan 2001: 14 Jan 2001: 11 Jan 2001: 25 Dec 2000: 23 D

• Tranglos Software: PhoneDeck: Frequently asked questions

  One point, though: when you installed the earlier version of PhoneDeck, there was a file called "sample.dck" installed in the program's directory. It seems that either the file was exported in such a

• Tranglos Software: PhoneDeck

  Tranglos Software: PhoneDeck PhoneDeck Version: 1.3 Released: 15 July 2000 Updated: 30 Nov 2002 Information Features What's new Screenshots Download FAQ Bugs?

• Tranglos Software: PhoneDeck: Development plans

  PhoneDeck: Development plans Features to be implemented shortly: Features to be implemented at in a later release (deferred to the next major version): Features that will NOT be implemented in the cur

• Tranglos Software: PhoneDeck: Download

  PhoneDeck: Download Download locations (dcksetup.exe - full install package, includes import/export module; about 1.5 MB) (dckport.zip - unpack to the directory where PhoneDeck is installed; about 300

• Tranglos Software: PhoneDeck: Awards and reviews

  PhoneDeck: Awards NoNags: 6 ducks (best software) Completely FREE Software: 5 doves (top award) Featured in Lockergnome "Users' Choice" award at ListSoft URL: www.tranglos.comContact information Softw

• Tranglos Software: PhoneDeck: Licence

  PhoneDeck is Copyright © by Marek Jedlinski 2000-2003. DISCLAIMER: This program is provided as is, without warranty of any kind, express or implied. Use of this software indicates you understand and a

• Tranglos Software: PhoneDeck: Known bugs and limitations

  PhoneDeck: Known bugs and limitations I. Bugs The Import/Export module (dckport.exe) does not support custom fields and user-defined categories. I spent a long time trying to fix the problems which oc

• Tranglos Software: PhoneDeck: Screenshots

  PhoneDeck: Screenshots Main window with the List view selected. Note that you can customize colors and fonts of the display. Main window with the Tabbed view selected Choose the interface you prefer!

• Tranglos Software: Privacy statement

  Tranglos Software: Privacy statement Tranglos Software: Privacy statement This site uses no cookies or other tracking methods, no nosy scripts and no active content. Some documents may use ligh

• Tranglos Software: Freeware: Mailing lists

  Sorry for the non-intuitive name of the list, but "General Frenetics" was already taken by the announcement list, above - so I used my main home page name for the list. To subscribe, unsubscribe, or r

• Tentative Reviews by The Christopher Currie: Tentative Home - INDEX

  Tentative Reviews by The Christopher Currie (at their Largactil Café tentative home) Collected below are reviews of assorted releases by progressive-rock (and related) artists. Contents: [ Back to Mai

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Alan White - Ramshackled

  For his "solo" debut, White returned to his side-project with other session men, dating back (if I'm not mistaken) to before his membership in Yes. In any event, Ramshackled is not an essential purcha

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Frank Zappa - Chunga's Revenge

  This leaves "Sharleena", a well-composed track which comes surprisingly close to pop accessibility (Zappa could also write music like this when he wanted to). A newcomer to Zappa's works would be advi

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: The Residents - Fingerprince

  To summarize the movements briefly: (i) primitive natural effects appear, and are quickly sped-up (for some reason); a deranged human cry introduces some quasi-gamelan/quasi-circus effects; the bass l

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie:

  The last two tracks are equally good. Soundtracks may not be appropriate for all fans of early Genesis, but it is a more fitting successor to the Gabriel-era legacy than Invisible Touch, which was rel

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Mike Oldfield - QE2

  "Mirage" and "QE2" return the album to the principle of Oldfield's usual material, focusing on a showcase of instruments, sounds and textures, compressed into moderately brief spaces of time. "Celt" i

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Chick Corea - My Spanish Heart

  Things return to a more rural setting again for the next three tracks. At this stage, Corea allows his larger instrumental projects to take the foreground. The "Spanish Fantasy" suite is, in general,

• Yes news

  Try Yeshoo for many dozen links to fan zines, lyrics, reviews, discographies, articles, bootleg information, photographs... all about Yes and Yes band members. Where are they now? is a page maintained

• Jon Anderson Polish radio interview - 1994 (Deseo, Talk)

  Back in the seventies, mid-seventies, I would say, "OK, I don't mind playing just France and Germany and Italy... but what about Hungary, Poland, what about going behind what was then the Iron Curtain

• Ladder's Rungs in Pastiche

  (from the couldn't-resist department, with apologies to Adrian Belew) The fact is no matter how closely I study it, no matter how I piece it together, no matter how loud I crank it up, It remains impo

• Review of "Mind Drive", a yessong

  I remember a particular complaint voiced several months ago regarding "Awaken". There is nothing beyond it - just the infinite space in which the final playful keyboard ditty vibrates and echoes. [ Go

• Yes in Poland: Warsaw concert review (26 March 1998)

  See also: Katowice review, Poznan review, and my annotated setlist for the shows. A character in one of Stephen King's novels observes that the excitement of the first-time sexual experience is often

• A Yesstory

  Well, today there are dozens of shops with all the latest CDs, too many to choose from, and only a few days ago I picked not only the first volume of Keys to Ascension but also Olias of Sunhillow whic

• Yes: Spring 1998 Tour - annotated set list

  See also concert reviews: Warsaw, Katowice and Poznan Aside from the reviews of the three "Open Your Eyes" Yes shows in Poland that I attended, here are some comments on the set list. America I am in

• Yes in Poland: Katowice concert review (27 March 1998)

  See also: Warsaw review, Poznan review, and my annotated setlist for the shows. The second day of Yes' short tour of Poland was perhaps the most satisfactory. Back to Tentative Reviews, to Yes news, o

• YesKu: The Moorglade Spewer (Haiku Randomatic)

  Randomatic Jon Machine for DOS and environs (with slightly skewed syllable count) by General Frenetics, Discorp. ocket keyboards board farewells needy less seen eternity dice system breakdown crawl co

• Jon Anderson interview: Atlanta Z-93

  This is an Atlanta Z-93 interview with Jon Anderson, taken in mid-April 1997. JA: Yeah... well next time... LW: Absolutely. JA: We're trying to do it October-Noember-December now, and we will get orga

• Yes in Poland: Poznan concert review (29 March 1998)

  See also: Warsaw review, Katowice review, and my annotated setlist for the shows. The last Yesshow in Poland was one of surprises, not all of them fortunate. Back to Tentative Reviews, to Yes news, or

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Amon Duul II - Wolf City

  "Deutsch Nepal" is an incredibly big-sounding piece, a heavy jam number with a curious recited overdub in German (of which, alas, I am unable to provide a translation). In the end, though, the individ

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Frank Zappa - Make A Jazz Noise Here

  "T'Mershi Duween" takes a novelty form for a few seconds, but eventually emerges into a decent instrumental passage with a good bass solo -- not bad, but at under two minutes, this version doesn't pro

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Rick Wakeman - Silent Nights

  The entire decade was rather cruel to Wakeman in many respects, musical output not the least. If you're not a Wakeman completist, don't bother with this one. (review originally posted to alt.music.yes

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Frank Zappa - Shut Up'n'Play Yer Guitar

  Shut Up'n'Play Yer Guitar is an amazing album, featuring guitar solos which are both technically impressive and compositionally intelligent. "Heavy Duty Judy" begins in on a fast-and-furious note, wit

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: (various artists) - A Taste Of ... Vol. 3

  I can't imagine that this release would be easy to find these days, but those who do encounter it might easily discover some decent music within the nooks and crannies it explores. (review originally

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat

  With that out of the way, the album-proper begins with "Nine Types Of Industrial Pollution", a strangely low-key number featuring some interesting jazz/blues guitar over a fairly quiet background. [Po

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Art Bears - Winter Songs

  Figures" is one of the most important tracks in the series, depicting the responses of the boy, the man, and an aging king to the emerging presence of war (at some level, at least). In comparison, the

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse Of Reason

  "Terminal Frost" is an instrumental piece, apparently meant to suggest a lengthy period of inactivity/entropy in the life of this mysterious lead character. "A New Machine, Part Two" is a shorter cont

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Toyah - Prostitute

  "Wife" appears to be a similarly "deliberately flawed" track -- the drum line is quite similar, for instance. And, finally, we have "Ghosts In The Universe", a bewildering conclusion to a bewildering

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: ELP - Trilogy

  "Living Sin" is the low point of the album, a somewhat embarrassing "sexual conquest" number that would surely merit an even lower rating were it not for Emerson's somewhat interesting keyboard sound.

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: David Bowie - Starting Point

  Finally, the album concludes with the impressive "Silly Boy Blue", a description of a solitary individual's developing abilities to hide within his own psyche after a disturbing life in the English pu

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Patrick Moraz - Timecode

  Although sub-par, the aforementioned three tracks aren't completely irritating. The album is tragi-comic lite prog-pop of the mid-'80s, constructed by someone who quite obviously didn't have a clue as

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Moe Koffman - The Four Seasons

  The "Autumn" section begins in a rather unsatisfying fashion. One suspects that Koffman was running out of ideas (or time) towards the end, given that the "Winter" section is somewhat shorter than the

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: The Residents - Stars And Hank Forever

  "Sousaside" is ostensibly taken from an outdoor parade, with the sounds of proud American families chatting amongst themselves during the opening moments (the familiarity of certain background voices

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola & Paco DeLucia-Friday Night In San Francisco

  This album is strongly recommended for guitarists and casual progressive listeners (with jazz leanings, of course) alike. (Note: if I had to lower the rating of one of the tracks here, it would be "Gu

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Renaissance - Song For All Seasons

  The album ends with "A Song For All Seasons"; for 1978, this may very well have been the best (or, at least, purest) progressive music around. Sadly, this album was to have been Renaissance's last suc

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Ultravox - Vienna

  With Vienna, Ultravox effectively began their second incarnation. For those who want a glimpse of the band in their prime, Vienna and Quartet are the essential choices. (review originally posted to al

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Jethro Tull - Living In The Past

  (some pressings also contain "Bourree", "Teacher" and "Locomotive Breath", all of which are available on other Tull studio albums) As per Minstrel In The Gallery and Broadsword And The Beast, the albu

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Roger Eno - Between Tides

  The basic structure of "Autumn" features a piano lead over which the string instruments make recurring appearances; this becomes a bit too predictable after a while, and one wonders if some variation

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson

  "Hell's Half-Acre" seems to be another U2-derived number, with lyrics focusing on Vietnam war in a rather half-developed manner. "Sonny Got Caught In The Moonlight" is perhaps as close to an Eric Clap

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Renaissance - Novella

  If you are a fan of Renaissance, you should own this album -- regardless of whether it's considered to be in their "main sequence" of albums or not. (review originally posted to alt.music.yes on 12 Ju

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Boud Deun - Astronomy Made Easy

  "Copper Ink", the longest track on the album, begins with an extremely impressive band section, and soon shifts into solo exchanges from Persinger and Hiser (Eiland gets in a slap-heavy bass solo in m

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Jethro Tull - Live: Bursting Out

  And, getting both of the really "heavy horses" out of the way at same time, the group then returns for a second-encore of "Locomotive Breath". Not essential for the casual fans, this is a strong addit

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Autechre - Amber

  This medium differs from traditional "progressive" music in that instrumental virtuosity is generally not required. Perhaps not surprisingly, this then leads to "Nil", which turns the rhythmic orienta

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Prince - Sign O'The Times

  "The Cross" isn't quite as successful as its artist seems to have intended. "It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night" was recorded live in Paris with the Revolution, and as such appears as a definite link to

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Kevin Ayers, Eno, Nico & John Cale - June 1, 1974

  Whatever the legacy of Kevin Ayers may be in a general sense, these particular tracks don't speak terribly well of his songwriting abilities. The rest of the Ayers songs are decent enough as pop numbe

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Ryuichi Sakamoto - 1996

  It's fortunate that the music is good, then. Sakamoto's compositions vary between gentle atmospheric pieces, and more eclectic works. Worthy of particular mention are: "Rain" and "The Wuthering Height

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Jon Anderson - Change We Must

  Also impressive are Gwendolyn Mok's performances on "Alive & Well" and "Run On, Jon". The duet between Jon and Sandrine Piau on "Chagall Duet" is fairly good as well, proving that some things of worth

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

  For commentary on the original version of "Sledgehammer" and the So album, see Tentative Review No. 137. This release is not essential, though serious fans will obviously want it for "Don't Break This

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Split Enz - Time And Tide

  The aquatic theme then continues with "Haul Away", the only solo Tim Finn composition on the album to transcend his frequent limitations. Does the inclusion of "Log Cabin Fever" near the end of the al

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Anthony Phillips - Sides

  "Magdalen" also begins with a gentle acoustic passage, converts to a standard AP ballad, and thereafter switches into a variation on the melody to "Moonshooter" (from Wise After The Event, Phillips's

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: David Gilmour - David Gilmour

  The fact that this album has been so frequently overlooked is nothing short of bewildering (especially given the attention frequently given by diehard fans to the overrated Animals). (review originall

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: The Cheerful Insanities Of Giles, Giles & Fripp

  One should also note the presence of "The Saga Of Rodney Toady" and "Just George", two spoken word showcases which appear between the tracks. The bonus tracks are actually fairly revealing. The single

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: King Crimson - Three Of A Perfect Pair

  Fripp's recent discussions on Three Of A Perfect Pair indicate that he has not entirely come to terms with the album. And, in fact, the recent emergence of THRaKaTTaK and the ProjeKcts after the compr

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: A Clockwork Orange (Soundtrack)

  Another orchestral excerpt from Beethoven's Ninth then appears, leading thereafter to the album's conclusion with "Singin' In The Rain" (years before postmodernism became a popular academic term, it w

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out

  Bauhaus are considered in some circles to have been the originators of the Gothic Rock movement (although Joy Division actually came first). Finally, we have "Watch That Grandad Go", a novelty dance i

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Crowded House - Temple Of Low Men

  Finn ensembled a new lineup after the Enz dissolved completely, and took them to the United States for work on their debut release. Instead, we are treated to "Better Be Home Soon", which seems to hav

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: David Bowie - Never Let Me Down

  "Too Dizzy" is another relative weak moment, despite the occasional odd lyric or saxophone part -- aside from being lacking any notable qualities, it drags on for too long. It's to Bowie's credit that

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: (various artists) - Guitar Speak 3

  Dominic Miller's "Otis" is a fairly ordinary blues-rock number, played well. Given Robert Fripp's views on copyright control, some readers may find it odd that he allowed one of his works to appear on

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Anthony Phillips - The Geese And The Ghost

  "Collections" is the weakest of the vocal tracks on the album, which may perhaps have something to do with the fact that Anthony himself sings it -- never a strong lead vocalist, AP wasn't exactly hel

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: INTRODUCTION

  The purpose of Tentative Reviews is to provide detailed analyses of progressive rock albums from the past and present. As the name implies, all Tentative Reviews are open to revision. My thanks to Mar

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Justin Hayward - Moving Mountains

  On Moving Mountains, Hayward's vocals are essentially as good as they've always been. "The Best Is Yet To Come" alternates between "daytime soaps" instrumental flourishes and tacky, "inspirational" vo

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Yes - Keys to Ascension 2

  "Children Of Light" was originally a three-part track, but a solo Wakeman piece that originally began the suite was dropped after his departure from the band. The album ends with the instrumental "Sig

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love

  This was the first of three singles released from Tears For Fears's The Seeds Of Love album, and was easily the most successful commercially. (review originally posted to alt.music.yes on 14 September

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Mike Oldfield - Crises

  (Note: "Taurus" appears on QE2; "Taurus 2" on Five Miles Out). As for "Crises" itself ... it has its moments, but these don't add up well enough for the piece to be really special. The album is enjoya

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Peter Gabriel - So

  "We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)" is a musical description of the psychological experiments performed by Stanley Milgram -- which, in brief terms, may be summarized as follows: Milgram's 37 patie

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: (various artists) - Thunder Before Dawn

  One frequent characteristic of populism is a misleading "front" or "cover" for the substance of the entire thing. The third and final MNZ track is, unfortunately, the least impressive number here. Tha

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Midge Ure - The Gift

  It would perhaps be somewhat foolhardy to devote too much analysis to "Mood Music" and "Piano", the basic essence of each of which are contained within the title. Ure's remake of "The Man Who Sold The

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Yes - Big Generator

  "Rhythm Of Love" sets the tone for most of the album: a catchy, listenable, and ultimately formulaic Rabin-based number with a few Andersonisms thrown in (I would speculate the Kaye's leading credit o

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Yes - Keys To Ascension

  The track ends in an extremely strong manner with "Agree To Agree", which features an amazing electric guitar solo from Howe at the beginning of the track; this, rather than "Togetherness", is Howe's

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Jethro Tull - Catfish Rising

  All of these tracks are pretty dire in their own way, but none are completely unlistenable. In retrospect, it's possible that the mediocrity of this album was the result of ongoing stagnation within t

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Jennifer Warnes - Famous Blue Raincoat

  Things improve again with "A Singer Must Die". The album then ends with "Came So Far For Beauty", the story of a pilgrim's journey through different lifestyle incarnations towards some great, unknowab

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Ultravox - Future Picture

  I wanted to be appreciate this UV's version of "Hymn" (from Quartet), but they simply didn't allow this to happen. "Lament" (from the album of the same name) closes this album in a relatively dignifie

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness And Eternity

  This album may also have been the logical conclusion (and therefore the dead end) of this particular brand of jazz-fusion performance. Newer Mahavishnu fans should buy the studio albums first, but thi

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Peter Hammill - Nadir's Big Chance

  "People You Were Going To", a re-adaptation of an early VdGG song, continues the story by focusing on Nadir's domestic isolation after the depature of those close to him. "Birthday Girl" is a bit of a

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: King's X - Ear Candy

  The worst track on this album is "Fathers", a well-intentioned description of Pinnick's fragmented family that never really goes anywhere. "Picture" is one of the few notable songs to be buried this f

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Camel - Breathless

  "The Sleeper" is another highlight of the album, a progressive track which features a decent work from all of the musicians involved (not to mention quite a few interesting time shifts, noticeable eve

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Starcastle - Fountains Of Light

  The introduction to "Portraits" is easily the most distinctive section on the album, and quite possibly the best. The album then ends with "Diamond Song (Deep Is The Light)", most immediately notable

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Peter Hammill - Sitting Targets

  "Sign" continues the general direction of the album, featuring the artist's lament over the stultifying effect of fan idolatry on his person, with a steady acoustic guitar theme providing the lead mus

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair

  The second half of the album is perhaps more overtly "art poppish" than the first. "Broken" is a synth-pop tune, though with strong art-rock leanings. "Listen" is easily the most Eno-derived song on t

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Future Sound Of London - ISDN

  Cobain and Dougans seek a new sonic experience? [...] approached with a tone of cynicism, how could it be otherwise? [...] live performances to interested audients [...] a CD culled from three shows [

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Greg Lake - Manoeuvres

  "It's You, You've Gotta Believe" has a bit of decent synth work (Downesian, I suppose ... how terrifying is it to note that the Asia- esque qualities of these keyboards are actually an album highlight

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Moody Blues - The Present

  Featuring a combination of synthesizers and discernible flutes, this number is a relic from an earlier time -- a psychedelic poem that seems completely out of place in reference to the other material

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Marillion - Fugazi

  "She Chameleon" is another Kelly spotlight, using an organ setting to compliment Fish's metaphorical world of sexual licence on tours. This leaves "Fugazi", possibly the greatest song that Marillion e

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Geinoth Yamashirogumi - Akira Soundtrack

  "Exodus From The Underground Forest" is a more deliberately upbeat number, with higher-end voices dominating (though a few lower lines are thrown in as well, and both vocal lines shift on occasion). T

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Yes - Yessongs

  In contrast to this, "Close To The Edge" appears in a form very similar to that of its studio version. This version of "Yours Is No Disgrace" is a fair reproduction as far as it goes, but is obviously

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: John McLaughlin - After The Rain

  "Crescent", another Coltrane number, comes off rather better than the earlier tribute. "Afro Blue" is probably the best track on the album, and at least part of the credit must fall to the fact that t

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Ultravox - Ingenuity

  The album begins in a moderately promising manner with "Ingenuity" and "There Goes A Beautiful World", both of which strongly resemble the Ure-era Ultravox. By this point, one might reasonably choose

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Peter Hammill - Room Temperature Live

  The audience was obviously quite pleased with the inclusion of "Modern" (a classic Hammill track from Silent Corner And Empty Stage, 1975). Room Temperature: Live is, in sum, an important live album f

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Midge Ure - Answers To Nothing

  "Hell To Heaven" is one of the more forgettable tracks -- a naive look at divisions between the first and third world that seems a bit underwhelming musically as well (this changes a bit towards the e

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

  "Wish You Were Here" is among the greatest prog ballads ever written, with a haunting guitar line and lyrics suggesting a dangerous mystery (unquestionably referring to Barrett, in this case) which st

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Steve Howe - Quantum Guitar

  "Totality", one of the more "rock"-centred tracks on the album, thankfully avoids descending into heavy-without-a-cause riffage, and comes up with some solid playing in a fairly heavy style. "The Grea

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Patrick Moraz - Out In The Sun

  "Love-Hate-Sun-Rain-You" is a nadir of sorts for the album, and a suggestion that the genre of "fusion-metal" was doomed for the very beginning. It seems oddly appropriate that the following track wou

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Tanita Tikaram - Ancient Heart

  "He Likes The Sun" is another narrative number, featuring a return to folk influences and a vocal inflection oddly similar to that of John Cale. "Valentine Heart" is the second best track on the album

• Tentative Reviews by The Christopher Currie: Index by album

  (at their Largactil Café tentative home) @ - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M -N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z [ Back to Tentative Reviews home | Yes news | Main in

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: TPeter Gabriel - I Don't Remember

  The EP ends with "Jetz Kommt Die Flut", a noble but ultimately only partly successful attempt to transform "Here Comes The Flood" (the version that appears on Fripp's Exposure) into German (note that

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Starcastle - Real To Reel

  "She" is not terribly different from the previous tracks, starting out with the vague promise of something good, and quickly mutating into something far worse. "When The Sun Shines At Midnight" virtua

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Anthony Phillips - The Living Room Concert

  A minimalist introduction leads to "Flamingo" (from PP&P), which has a strong melody, good development of the various themes, and a nice movement from quiet ambience to activated strumming in less tha

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Percy Jones - Cape Catastrophe

  "Slick", despite the title, is actually a fairly evocative number, and gets a few points for reprising the "Cape Catastrophe" lead melody in an altered form. And then there's Jones's take on Thomas Ar

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Synergy - Electronic Realizations For Rock Orchestra

  This is followed by the most curious piece of the album, a campy remake of "Slaughter On Tenth Avenue" which sounds strangely akin to something Vangelis might be expected to come up with. The second h

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: The Nice - Nice

  "Hang On To A Dream" written by Tim Hardin. The work begins with "Azrael Revisited", which must be considered as one of the best "songs" that the group came up with. This particular version of "Hang O

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Split Enz - Waiata

  The progressive influence did not end with Judd's departure, however. The last two tracks are among the better moments of the album. Finally, the album ends with "Albert Of India" (the significance of

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Yes - Close to the Edge

  The strangely-titled "Apocalypse" is a brief reprise of the original movement, consisting of Anderson's vocals accompanied only by Howe and Wakeman. The album concludes with "Siberian Khatru", the onl

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Joni Mitchell - Don Juan's Reckless Daughter

  This leads to "Off Night Backstreet", another less-than-essential track which nevertheless works on its own terms. Finally, the album ends with "The Silky Veils Of Ardor", the only completely solo tra

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue

  The album begins with "Prime Time", a blatant attempt at rewriting "Eye In The Sky" for further chart success -- the moody electric piano at the beginning takes on a familiar tone when matched up with

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Peter Gabriel - Birdy

  "Sketchpad With Trumpet And Voice" is another of the odder tracks here, and another of the better ones. This is followed by "Under Lock And Key" (from "Wallflower"), a paean to personal isolation whic

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Al Stewart - Modern Times

  Stewart has described "Apple Cider Re-Constitution" as an American folk-rock number "played by an English person", also noting that the Eagles could have played this track. With a title like "The Dark

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Jon And Vangelis - Page Of Life

  "Journey To Ixtlan" gets off to a rather rough start, with Jon appearing rather silly by speaking of a woman (perhaps archetypal, perhaps real - it doesn't really matter) giving "vibes" to him, accomp

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Pink Floyd - The Wall

  "Run Like Hell", which follows, is both an excellent instrumental number and an occasional faulty vocal line (the "back seat" reference is particularly obnoxious). "Waiting For The Worms" continues th

• Tentative Video Review by The Christopher Currie: GTR - The Making Of GTR

  The predictable conclusion, the ultra-glossy music video for "When The Heart Rules The Mind". If you want to see a solo, studio performance of "Sketches In The Sun", you may want to look for this vide

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Frank Zappa - Sleep Dirt

  "Regyptian Strut", later recycled as the opening track of Läther, is a somewhat less absurd number, combining a somewhat Hollywood-inflected pompous introduction with lead melodic performances by Fowl

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Steve Hackett - Guitar Noir

  Friedman's "Tristesse" begins with a classically structured guitar and piano duet, soon matched by a soaring (and somewhat dissonant) electric guitar passage which provides an excellent sonic counterp

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: David Sylvian - Gone To Earth

  The album then ends with "Upon This Earth", beginning with another vocal sample (of an out-of-body experience, this time). This is unquestionably a significant album for fans of both David Sylvian and

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Steve Howe - Homebrew

  The final two tracks on the album, however, are much better. "For This Moment" is an early demo of "The Revealing Science Of God", performed only on guitar and keyboards, with new vocals overdubbed fo

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: King Crimson - Discipline

  In summary, this album is a triumph, and is one of the few progressive albums which no fan of the genre can afford to be without. (review originally posted to alt.music.yes on 15 July 1997; revised 22

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: (various artists) - Tower Of Song

  I still can't help but think that, of all of the "stars" on this release, Martin L. The album ends on a much higher note than that on which it began, but there isn't even of interest in between to rec

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Peter Hammill - Chameleon In The Shadow Of Night

  The next few tracks seem slightly underwhelming, and may have been intended as developmental pieces towards the final track. But, of course, "Dropping The Torch" isn't meant to be viewed in isolation

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: King Crimson - THRaKaTTaK

  It may also be worth noting that the bookend performances of "THRAK" are abbreviations, and feature a nastier tone setting than occurs on the studio version. THRaKaTTaK can be somewhat harrowing in it

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Manzanera & Mackay - Up In Smoke

  This may explain their decision to hire James Wraith as their vocalist. "Many Are The Ways" and "Dreams Of The East" are better. Up In Smoke, while not quite the "new" work that it claims to be, is th

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Tales From Yesterday

  Jeronimo Road's version of "Starship Trooper" is generally considered to be the low point of the album. And such is Tales From Yesterday: a typical tribute album that could easily be edited by about h

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: Al Di Meola - Splendido Hotel

  Things improve again with a version of "Spanish Eyes", featuring a guest appearance from Les Paul (by the way ... no matter what the credits say, I can clearly hear Paul's distinctive guitar stylings

• Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: