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Interview With A Legend: Alan Parsons
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G Warner: "What do you think of the MP3 format?"
"It sucks, quite frankly"
Best 30 minutes spent learning about a childhood idol
Andrew Wainwright: The story of Alan Parsons' career (up till now). Starting at Abbey Road, working with the Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Hollies, Pilot (magic), Al Steward, John Miles and many more before starting The Project with Eric Woolfson.
colliecandle: For me, Alan Parsons has been and remains a major influence. When all the trash and garbage of modern 'music' (I use the word music very loosely in this context) has been forgotten and consigned to the land fill sites (where much of it literally ends up) Alan Parsons Project will still be around and still be vastly appreciated for what it is - REAL MUSIC with life of it's own because it has spirit of it's own !
Ken F: Wow, what a nice guy!... And Alan is so humble & modest for a guy who has done the things he's done with the people he's done them with, namely his work with Abbey Road Studios, the Beatles, and Pink Floyd. I also like how he manages to revere his own work without slamming & being overly critical of newer artist's work.
t0dd1971: my dad loved there music he passed in jan of this year God Bless for this upload rock on R.I.P pops
G Warner: Best 30 minutes I have ever spent getting to know one of my all time favorite music legends.
Kenny Bradshaw: Fantastic.
D' ubserver: Alan you have been such an inspiration, great interview
Harry Noorda: The story of Alan Parsons' career (up till now). Starting at Abbey Road, working with the Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Hollies, Pilot (magic), Al Steward, John Miles and many more before starting The Project with Eric Woolfson.
Sudesh Solanki: Interview with a Legend: Alan Parsons Uploaded on 28 Feb 2011 In the 'Interview with a Legend' series RØDE Microphones' founder and director Peter Freedman hosts an intimate discussion with icons from all areas of the audio industry including Engineers, Producers, Musicians, Artists and Entrepreneurs. A musical pioneer in the truest sense, Alan Parsons is one of the most revered engineers and producers in history. Alan talks candidly to Peter about how hearing Sgt Peppers was a defining moment in his life and career, setting him on the path to Abbey Road Studios where he would play an integral role in such timeless recordings as The Beatles' infamous Let It Be rooftop performance and Pink Floyd's masterpiece Dark Side of the Moon. He goes on to discuss the incredibly influential Alan Parsons Project, and the future of recording. See this and many other specially made programs for the musician, engineer, producer, photographer and audio enthusiast at http://www.rodetv.com.
Michael Suttles: a great legend indeed
Muttley: This man is a legend. Wow, what a great interview and he is so down-to-earth. Absolutely multi-talented. Loved his aside about cassettes lol. That takes me back to the early eighties when I was into electronics and made my own spectrum analyser and stuck it in my clapped-out Ford Escort. I was parked outside my workplace with a few friends and to show them the analyser working I played Eye in the Sky...on cassette ! Of course it opens with Sirius and they all wanted to know what the great music was. Such a great time.
Dan Pritchett: Any chance you could put a url that leads to information on RØDE products in the video or description section?
Matt Drummond: modest as hell. Amazing man
RØDE Microphones: @vantagestudios Cheers Vantage, we just posted an "Interview with a Legend" last week with Paul 'Pab' Boothroyd, FOH for Sir Paul McCartney, AC/DC, Dire Straits and many more and in a few weeks we'll have another with classical music engineer and recording pioneer Tony Faulkner. You can find your nearest Opal dealer on the Event website (sorry YT no URLs!)
CptNeeda: Funny he mentioned the Super Bowl. I'll bet most people are familiar with Sirius from pro basketball games. It seems like the script to every pro game starts this way: The arena lights are dimmed. "Sirius" by The Alan Parsons Project plays. Then the announcer says: AND NOW YOUR insert team city and nickname
Overlord366: The Turn Of A Friendly Card is upon my Christmas list, The Raven my birthday one, and to include the several devoured allowances hunting down these awesome records, and now my record collection surpasses that of my English teachers X) Alan Parsons, what a great guy
airsombra: Great!
superespect2012: a really good interview. ALAN is such an informed bloke,his music is second to non and i really enjoyed ,what was a very laid back,relaxed inerview.thank you.
pinkfloyd426: Excellent!! I have always admired Alan. Really glad to see this. Thanks so much for the upload!
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Sunny Dee: Excellent interview and questions.
Red Mastering: great interview! really enjoyed watching it, informative and interesting.
Survivor2002: I wish I'd had this kind of exposure to a legend like Alan thirty years ago...TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION made me wonder what a career as a studio engineer would've been like, but to be able to see and hear the master behind it talk about recording techniques and how it all works? That would have decided me right then and there...thanks so much for posting this!
84jrocksatguitar: wow dudes so humble for what hes accomplished and been involved with.
Craig Wilson: So freaking modest!!
Skip63: well said
Rickholly74: Great interview. Alan is the best of the best.
iluvkat: Thank you so much for posting this.
Jay Wilson: So awesome. More like these please! Parsons is brilliant. How much for those Opals anyway?? :)
markusmala: Great producer, love his work, interesting interview. Thanks
PinkOld: Excellent Nice to see how affable Alan really is. He's also a physically huge guy, just towers over Mr. Rodes.
docrw: Alan has always been shy, he's a thinker and likes to be more in the back ground.
mwredit: 18:21 - What Alan Parsons thinks of MP3. A man to my own heart.
Cert: Building stuff is always in my family gene. My dad is a new york auto technician and taught me everything I need to know about cars. Now I sell car parts online to suppliment my income. So it does help when there's good guidance.
Interview With A Legend: Alan Parsons 5 out of 5


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|teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper
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|tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese, plus more for serving
In a large frying pan, melt 1 tablespoon of the butter with 2 tablespoons of the oil over moderate heat. Add the onions, 1/2 teaspoon of the salt, and the sugar and cook, stirring frequently, until the onions are well browned, about 20 minutes. Remove from the pan. In the same pan, melt the remaining 1 tablespoon butter with 1 tablespoon of the oil over moderate heat. Add the mushrooms and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender and brown, about 8 minutes. Add the reserved onions, the parsley, the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, and the pepper. In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the ziti until just done, about 13 minutes. Reserve 3/4 cup of the pasta water and drain. Toss the ziti and 1/2 cup of the reserved pasta water with the mushroom mixture, the remaining 1 tablespoon oil, the goat cheese, and the Parmesan. If the pasta seems dry, add more of the reserved pasta water. Serve with additional Parmesan.
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Music and movies has always been remained a popular medium of spending leisure time and it is something that everybody relates to. There ain't any decline in this hobby or passion rather; the introduction of internet has encouraged the matter even to a greater level. Yeah, it's true that now we get an easy access to our favorite movies and music through internet. But, what about storing this huge data? Compact discs (CD) or the digital video discs (DVD) are potential storage medium. You can store a huge data in a CD or DVD but these discs are quite breakable and if not taken care of properly, they will break and will cause severe damage to your data! Moreover, there is not software available that can repair a broken CD or DVD and let you have your data back. Hence, before this data loss become a nightmare, it's better to put the best effort in to prevent the breaking by storing it properly because this gonna work.
Spending little bucks will ensure the safety of these optical disks. Firstly, it's a common misconception we possess that too many scratches damage a disk. It's not absolutely right! It causes some problems for the laser to read the disk but it's not a damaged one. However being a little cautious and attentive towards the protection of these discs will prevent them from breaking and also will save the data from getting lost.
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Labeling the disk also a subject to be considered when we are talking about damage protection of CDs and DVDs. The label; side is very prone to any damage. Too much pressure from the pen nib can cause problems in reading the disk which can end up in losing the stored data. Using CD marking pen can eliminate the problem.
Extreme heat, too much humidity and sudden changes in the temperature may cause degradation for the optical discs. Well, the situation can be dealt with using jewel cases. These are reasonably dustproof and help to minimize the adverse impacts caused from the changes in temperature.
CDs and DVDs are not considered as long-term archival media, though being in a steady temperature and away from humidity will slow the process of their natural deterioration. In spite of that, technical obsolescence is a major concern. An optical disc may have a life of 20 years but you are bound to access the data after such a long time because of the hardware that play them or the software that interpret them has been superseded. Recovering the is time consuming and expensive as well so it is better to migrate the data of the optical disc onto a newer media to get rid of the nightmare of data losing.
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Arizona Diamondbacks trade pitcher Ian Kennedy to San Diego Padres
This time two years ago, Ian Kennedy was on his way to a 21-win season.
Now, he's on his way to the San Diego Padres.
The Arizona Diamondbacks announced they have swapped Kennedy for left-handed reliever Joe Thatcher, right-handed pitcher Matt Stites and a competitive balance draft pick, which will come be the first selection of Competitive Balance Round B between the second and third rounds of the 2014 First-Year player Draft.
As good as Kennedy was in 2011, when he won 21 games and had an ERA of 2.88, he's been equally bad this season, as he's just 3-8 with a 5.23 ERA.
He has not won a game since June 1.
In return for the 28-year-old Kennedy the D-backs get the 31-year-old Thatcher, who is 3-1 with a 2.10 ERA this season, and Stites, who is 2-2 with a 2.08 ERA and 14 saves for Double-A San Antonio.
According to Arizona Sports' John Gambadoro, the D-backs may have something in the 23-year-old Stites.
Stites is a big time bullpen prospect could very well be Diamondbacks closer next season, he's that good....— John Gambadoro (@Gambo620) July 31, 2013
Here's a video of Stites putting in some work:
Matt Stites, RHP, San Antonio Missions (AA - San Diego - 6/11/2013) from Jason Cole on Vimeo.
It is interesting that the D-backs chose to send Kennedy to a division rival, but given the pitcher's issues it's possible there was not a long list of suitors. So the Padres, with former Arizona general manager Josh Byrnes serving in the same capacity for them, may have been one of the only options.
And keep in mind, Byrnes was the one who originally brought Kennedy to Arizona in the three-way trade that sent Max Scherzer and Daniel Schlereth to Detroit.
In parts of four seasons in Arizona, Kennedy compiled a 48-34 record with a 3.82 ERA.
The @dbacks thank Ian for his time here. Class act and wish he and his family well in the future.— Derrick Hall (@DHallDbacks) July 31, 2013
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I am continuing on with sharing parts of the nursery today. If you missed the previous posts, you can check out the board & batten squares wall treatment and the nautical dresser makeover. Today, I wanted to share how I made the mobile for over the crib. Since the nursery is fish themed, it definitely seemed appropriate that I make a fish themed nursery mobile to go with it. Making the mobile is so easy!
Supplies needed:
- Colored cardstock
- Fishing line (or clear thread)
- Large embrodery hoop
- Ribbon
- Tape or glue
I began by weaving the thread around the hoop to create a sort of grid to hang the fish from. When I originally started this project, I thought it would be fun to have "bubbles" in the middle of the mobile, but it turned out to be too heavy. It worked, but I really didn't want something heavy to be hanging over the top of my baby's crib. Without the bubbles, the mobile weighs practically nothing and I definitely feel better about that.
Once the grid is in place, I cut various lengths of string with the longest in the middle and the shortest on the outside of the hoop. I cut all of the fish out using my cricut explore machine which made it really easy. I taped the fish onto the string by putting two fish together with the tape and thread in the middle. I also made it so that all of the green fish were together in the middle, then the orange fish around them, finished off by using the blue fish.
Last, I added the ribbon to the hoop by tying it in four different places and then attaching it to a longer piece that hangs from the ceiling. It is all really simple knots but definitely secure. In the end, I love the pop of color hanging above the crib and think it looks pretty cool when the heater turns on and the fish look like they are swimming around.


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How to Make a Perfect Omelet - So Easy
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- niki rothman Nov 15, 2006 05:14 PM
It's really hard to get a perfect omelet in a restaurant, let alone at home. If you want to make sure the cheese melts the eggs will have gotten tough, rubbery, or dry. If you want the eggs tender and moist, the cheese won't have a chance to melt. And personally, most of the omelets I'm served - I feel the eggs are too thick - they should be thin, tender and yet somehow, somehow, the lavish amount of cheese I want should somehow be able to be nice and melted.
Impossible? Only a dream? Well, I did a lot of research and development and today I achieved the impossible dream.
The trick is you pour in the eggs and you do not touch them. Just pour them in, and cover them on a very low flame.
This is for a 4 egg cheese omelet - basically 2 servings. You need a 12" non-stick pan that still has its non-stick abilities intact and a cover that is sort of flat rather than a high dome (to concentrate the low heat). With a fork, whip up the eggs with about 1 1/2 tablespoons of water. Crumble 8 oz. cheese of your choice. If you freeze the cheese first and then defrost, even semi soft cheeses crumble instantaneously. Melt about 1 T butter to cover bottom of pan. Heat pan on a VERY low flame and pour in the eggs. Cover and do not open for 5 minutes. When eggs appear cooked (surface is not liquidy looking) spread on the cheese and maybe some very thin sliced scallions, cover, and turn off the heat. Drop the toast and by the time it's buttered you can fold the omelet in half to enfold the melted cheese inside the egg, and serve. The egg layers are only 1/4" thick. It's beautiful, delicate, tender - perfect.
Really good with some home made cooked salsa spread on top.
That sounds almost like a frittata. Omelets should be cooked over high heat and should take a minute. Only single serve omelets too. You should try using less eggs.
I take 2-3 eggs scramble lightly, adding water/milk if its thick. Pour in a nonstick pan thats been heated over med-high heat with a pat of butter. Let sit for a few seconds and then shaking the pan back and forth, keep pushing the edges slightly into the center so all the raw egg goes contacts the pan. When most of the egg is cooked, I turn off the heat, flip, add cheese and plate. Other people don't even flip the egg and rather just cook on one side and add the cheese at the point I flip it and then fold it onto a plate. Either way, there is plenty of heat in the eggs to melt the cheese.
re: ESNY
ESNY - this is exactly how I make an omelet (no flop, just fold it over onto the plate) and I sometimes toss in a few other ingredients if I'm in the mood but not too much.
Once I got the hang of it, the cheese melts fine, and the egg does not get brown (unless the phone rings at the wrong time!). I've tried to do a double omelet of 5-6 eggs in my bigger pan and it come out just fine, but not quite as pretty. For that I will take a large turner and fold it over in the pan, cut it in half then slide each half on off onto each plate.
re: ESNY
I read all these posts, decided to try ESNY's recipe above... I had a small omelet pan, I beat 2 eggs and about a teaspoon of water together, poured into a HOT pan that had a pat of butter melted covering the bottom. I kept the heat on about 80% (med/high) and used a spatula to push the edges in a little so the raw egg could keep runningto the outsied. I even picked my pan up several times and turned it to get the raw egg to keep running to the edges/on the pan. When the egg stopped running and bottom was set, I flipped it over, and sprinkled my cheese and bacon on top, folded in half, and removed from heat. I let the omelet sit in the pan for about a minute, and cheese was melted. DELICIOUS. AND the omelet was beautiful. If you've ever stayed at Embassy Suites, they make wonderful omelets, and I'd say mine was almost as good!
Are you actually pleased with what you get when you order a cheese omelet in a restaurant? I posted recently on the SF board that I was trying to find, in SF of all places, a really tender, big, cheese omelet, and virtually everyone agreed no such thing existed. See, I used to work in a restaurant that made these really big, tender cheese omelets on the grill - not in a pan. That is the secret. The eggs spread out so thin. You need a very big diameter, not a little omelet pan if you want tender eggs AND a lot of melted cheese. So, I thought how to do this at home and I decided to try the huge pan and the very low temp.
My invention is nothing like a fritatta. A frittata gets puffy and is thicker than a quarter inch. Also, the eggs get kind of tough/dry - especially on the bottom. I don't like frittatas at all. Your method is fine - for a french omelet - a 30 second plain omelet made in a small pan. But I dare you to try to get 8 oz. of cheese to melt in there - you'd have to cover it and the bottom would get tough because a small pan would have to be at a higher temp to melt that much filling. You'd never make a french omelet in a 12" pan. But the diameter allows for the very thin layer of eggs to spread out so thin and a lot of cheese to spread out on them. The very low temp. prevents the eggs from getting tough. Just try it and then we'll see what you say.
re: bookgirl234
No, that's the point - it is so very tender and wonderful. Just use a very wide pan, a tight fitting lid and a very low flame. Once the eggs are dull on top - barely cooked through perhaps 5 minutes, add the cheese, turn it off and cover for another 5 minutes.
re: niki rothman
It sounds good. I agree that a proper "french" omelet should be cooked VERY LOW because there shouldn't be any colour on an omelet.
It probably doesn't taste like a fritatta because it doesn't have additional ingredients (ie veggies, etc.), but covering it the way you describe, is technically the way you make a fritatta.
re: pescatarian
The last step is to fold the eggs in half over the filling so you have a semi-circle with the eggs on the bottom & top and the filling on the inside.
re: pescatarian
St. Julia would emphatically disagree with the low-heat thing - when she demonstrated the Art of the Omelet on the Tonight Show, her gas hotplate was set to Full Torch and the omelet came out of the pan almost as soon as it went in. I was so impressed (and also never liked the fluffy, puffy things my mom had made) that I tried it her way and never looked back. And I don't like any color on mine, either.
re: bookgirl234
The bottom should never get brown. Brown equals tough and dry.
re: yayadave
Sounds delicious. I've been topping mine with the home made version of (Horrors!) Pace Picante Sauce which I recently posted the recipe for here. With home made hash browns cooked slowly in butter with onions until they're all crusty and an English muffin - that equals the best breakfast I've ever eaten. And so easy.
I believe MFK Fisher had an omelette recipe very much like yours. She advised slow cooking when it comes to eggs in order to prevent the rubbery result you mentioned.
I love a good omelette. I like mine with gruyere cheese and finely diced ham.
re: 2chez mike
I'm sorry, but I'm afraid you misunderstand. I intensely dislike a fluffy puffy omelet. My omelet is not at all fluffy. It's a big folded envelope of very thin, tender, soft (but not runny) eggs, with a very generous filling layer (in this case melted cheese and scallions)in between the 1/4" thick egg layers. The color is very pale yellow with no browning or golden color at all.
both of my teenage sons, after years of trying cannot turn over the omelette. What they have figured out on their own is to heat two pans (usually one is already dirty with the bacon grease or sausage that they cooked to go in their omelette). After heating the buttered omelette pan and pouring the eggs in they crank the heat on the bacon pan and when its almost smokin they put it on top of the omelette pan and turn the burners off. The omelette cooks from both sides this way, in a couple minutes they open the lid, top with cheese and toppings and fold the omelette in half. This seems to work for them.
re: koriekiss
what clever fellows! sounds like a perfect finale to niki's technique. i'm agonna try it; thanks!
re: koriekiss
You make an interesting point. One poster described the steps involved in flipping the perfect French omelet. It is a beautiful thing indeed - depending on high heat and supersonic speed to prevent that high heat from toughening the eggs. It also depends on the expertise of being able to flip eggs in the pan when they are still loosey goosey on top - because if you wait till the top is cooked, the bottom will be tough. Most people are half asleep when they go to make breakfast, and many, if not most, (to put it mildly) are not confident of their ability to flip an omelet withhout tragic results. With my method, as long as your non-stick is intact and you use a wide spatula, ANYONE - irrespective of state of early morning consiousness, can fold over one half of the omelet onto the other - resulting in a very aesthetically pleasing presentation.
re: piccola
Why do you move it around until it starts to congeal? What does that accomplish?
re: niki rothman
it allows the uncooked egg to flow onto the pan and cook, plus it adds air. note that i don't mean a fast, aggressive stir, just a little bit of a shift
Gee, I'm not sure, Niki. Perhaps it tastes just dandy, but this sure isn't the way the classic French chef does it. Of course we don't all have the skill of a Pierre Franey.
I found this thread on my member page but have NO recollection of it!!
Now I really am going to try this method, along w/ some of the variations below.
btw, my mom was an ardent fan of the omelettes in france, 'runny' or 'baveuse' as the french say.
re: thasacoolname
i agree with this. i like mine the french way, cooked briskly with constant stirring and over a very hot fire. cooks in 45-60 seconds and the curds come out dreamy. I like it plain with just a sprinkling of salt.
I agree that omelets should NOT be brown. Browned omelets tastes icky!! I cook mine on low and they always come out delicious!! I also HATE it when restaurants put the cheese on top and then broil it (thus creating a browned egg!) Cheese belongs INSIDE an omelet!!!
I know this post is old but I came across it looking for a better omelet cooking technique. I will always make this recipe from now. The omelet was light and so tender. Absolutely delicious!
I had a laugh looking over these posts and seeing mine from eight years ago, insisting on "St. Julia's" high-heat method as the One and Only Way. Since then I've seen Eric Ripert's video demonstrating his low-heat method for making fully-cooked but very tender omelets, and have become a devotee of that method … which is EXACTLY the one the OP was telling us about!
I must point out that there's more than one style of French omelet. The one Julia demonstrated is the widely-accepted classic, but one of the most famous as a local specialty is the big, puffy ones from a restaurant on Mont St. Michel. I have one of the copper bowls they use to beat those up in, and it's about a ten-pound, 16" hemisphere with a heavy lip and a single handle, since she's wielding a big whisk with the other hand. I think I would not want to pick a fight with any of those women …


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AE: Speaking of image and country music, what do you think of Chely Wright's recent coming out?
AR: I've met Chely a couple of times and I really like her. So I'll just say that I like her as a person and I think she's genuine. I think she got to a point where she said, "Screw it. I need to live my life." But it's pretty amazing.
The country world is a hard one. It's interesting because so many queer people listen to country music. I live in a rural area and all the gay people I know [here], that's all they listen to. It's kind of a drag when they don't feel comfortable at those shows and I think with Chely it's going to start changing. It's going to be slow, but still.
AE: Do you think it's easier now for a musician to be openly gay then it was when you first began performing?
AR: Yes, definitely. It just is. And I don't think it's because radio is friendlier to gay people or something that, but culturally people in the country are becoming more aware. We have more allies and so we get braver about it.
When Emily and I were coming up, we were scared. It took us a while to figure out how to deal with that on our own — not like what should we say to the press, but more like how do we feel about ourselves and what do we want to be and should we just be who we are and that's OK? Now the generations that are coming up, people in their teens and twenties and even younger, they don't really care that much. Even the religious kids don't care that much. They're thinking about other things — not whether people are gay or not.
AE: Was there ever a time when you and Emily were asked to be closeted?
AR: Not by the label. They didn't have to ask us. We were scared enough. I mean, we're so out in our community, but it took us a while to be brave enough to talk about it. I do remember the [label] screening out gay interviews and I found out about it and it bummed me out. It really bummed me out. We talked to them and just said that these are important interviews and we want to do them so don't screen them out. It changed after that.
I spoke with somebody I trusted at the label and they took it seriously so things started to shift. We started Honor the Earth in the early '90s and were doing a lot of native activism and interestingly enough our queer activism revved up too. We were learning real grass root models from those activists and it helped us.
AE: I like the advocacy link on the Indigo Girls' website that states, "This is the place to get you in gear to be a punk ass patriot and a happier human being." Has advocacy always been a part of your music and life?
AR: It wasn't something we thought about with our music as much as it was a part of our lives. In high school we were really involved in student government and from the very beginning we did little community benefits — very basic, like Meals on Wheels and [working with] people with HIV, small soup kitchen or homeless shelter projects. We built on that. As our world expanded, we expanded what we do and created an infrastructure for it.
AE: When you look back on the past two decades of writing and playing music, is there a song that you're particularly proud of? A song that when you listen to it, you sit back and say, "I can't believe I wrote that"?
AR: [Laughs] "Hum."
AE: I read an interview where you talked about how when you began to write and perform music on your own it changed the way thought about composing and made you a more disciplined songwriter. I thought that was an interesting observation about how an artist continues to grow throughout their career.
AR: Yeah, the song "Sugar Tongue," which is on the live record, is definitely a song I would say that about because it popped out, it stood out from my style and showed me that I was stretching. But it's hard to have perspective about that kind of stuff.
AE: Well, this last question might also challenge you on perspective. If they were to make a film about the Indigo Girls, what actors do you think should play you and Emily?
AR: Oh wow. [Laughs] OK, I think Meryl Streep should play Emily. Ashley Judd, maybe.
AE: I like it.
AR: And I'd probably want a guy to play me because I think of myself as a guy so much more than a girl.
AE: OK, that's allowed. What guy?
AR: I have no idea. [Laughs] I'm a big Johnny Depp fan so of course I'd have to say him. And if it had to be a woman — no, it'd have to be a guy, that much I can say — a guy in drag.
AE: Does he have to be in drag?
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Sep 09
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MattMorris says:
I learnt at moto technique in manchester. Their policy was simple. If you aren't good enough you are only going to wreck the schools bikes so it financially is not worth the while to rush people through the test. I agree that the rider is at fault as they are the ones in control ( or not ) of the bike but the test centres really need to meet the schools half way on letting pupils practice the swerve test. All the other aspects can be practised anywhere. The story above is a little sensationalised as you have to produce your CBT and theory test results or you can't sit the test. And lets not forget that you have can pass CBt and ride a bike up to 33BHP on L plates for 2 years and never darken the doors of any training school. At least on a module 1 test the only person that can get hurt is the rider. Out on the road, well.....
Apr 10
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Biketester says:
Even if the speed requirement was 30 mph and not 50 kph it wouldn't be safe to carry out the emergency stop and avoidance exercises on public roads. It's much safer to be doing these exercises on an enclosed site than on the road.
As far as practising is concerned ATBs have been able to book free training slots at the multi purpose test centres - many of them don't take this up!
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FellRaven says:
I returned to Biking last year having ridden for about 8 years previously but never having taken a test.
Swerve and Avoid - Easy enough on a nice day at your own pace.
I actually failed my first Part 1 test on this as I failed to attain the speed on the second attempt. So what was the problem?
It was pissing it down, the rain was bouncing off the Tarmac. I had to partially lift my visor to avoid it misting and some but my vision was impaired.
As a result it was harder to judge the corner so I was slower through this and was left having to accelerate harder towards swerve avoid.
Also the test centre layouts are not as they should be, they have added an extra S at the end of the bend. This prevents you being able to accelerate out of the bend and reduces the distance to the hazard.
Finally there is the psychological issue of accelerating towards a fence at the back of the tarmac area knowing that you have to perform a swerve then a controlled stop.
In summary they make no allowance for conditions, I noticed the picture of that young girls accident showed it had been raining for her too.
Aug 09
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Szmolo says:
This is absolute bull. The DSA have created a stupid test and are now passing the buck onto instructors. Yes, there are bad instructors, but not all are to blame. INSTRUCTORS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO REFUSE TRAINING, IF SOME NUMPTY WHO ISN'T READY FOR A TEST DEMANDS ONE, THEY HAVE TO BE GIVEN THE TEST!! I'm training to hopefully one day be an instructor, and we get people who have never ridden before booking themselves in for a 3 day intensive on a DAS bike, with a test booked at the end. All instructors can do is recommend what pupils should do. Please MCN, don't make schools look bad, things are tough enough as it is.
Nov 09
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Morgano says:
If you look at the mod1 on utube it looks simple enough.
If only practiced one afternoon in training in the dry then throw in some test day nerves, first day riding in the wet, some spectators waiting for their turn and it becomes quite clear to me that the DVLA are asking for trouble.
Everybody rides different in the wet. As an experienced rider it's BECOMES second knowledge to avoid, drain covers, white lines, oil, gently on the brakes, if the bike skips around don't panic etc etc... Learners are told to be FEARFUL of these dangers. Then come test day their told to DO MOD1 OR FAIL YOUR TEST... No pressure there then.
I enjoy riding in the wet or dry... I'm experienced enough now to be able to ENJOY riding... they should put more fun into riding and less fear.
As for the test, I thought it stated that if it was "wet or raining" then you would not be asked to perform the MOD1, so is that not the case?
Oct 07
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windy12 says:
When you are younger or even older but inexperienced the pressure of people watching is huge, when you are learning the small bikes feel very quick and as one person said, again while learning it is hard to also forget about an obstacle beyond the cones, ie a fence, wall etc.
Short of a working airfield not many surfaces are forgiving or spaces large enough to concentrate only on the action required.
I remember we struggled to get to speed in a yard for the emergency stop and if anyone's brakes failed they would be knackered, yet the instructor was good, the surface was grippy and the yard wasnt small. Also the corners were challenging for people who had ridden before, cones are tighter than roads by a long way.
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colin8455 says:
Is Steve Farrell working for the DSA in the PR dept? I doubt there is a motorcycle school in the country that would not book you in for training and the test at the same time. If you cannot cope in the time they just cancel it. If you pay for training you expect to do the test straight afterwards while you have it fresh in your mind.
I am an older returning biker who took the test last year. I had enough experience (it involved gravel) in my younger days to know instinctively not to swerve and brake at the same time. I suspect the person who combined the swerve and controlled stop into one was not a motorcyclist.
I managed the training well enough and then failed the test in drizzly rain. I passed the following week on a bright sunny morning.
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The schools will always try to book your test first and then try to fit the training as close to the test date as possible.What does it matter what your skill level is before you book, thats why you are booking training!!!. If you can't reach the skill level needed, its easy to cancel the test and reschedule after more training. The problem for the schools is very few have the money to rent such a huge piece of land with the correct surface to practice the pointless avoidance maneuver. Where are you avoiding into, the path of a on coming vehicle or into pedestrians on the pavement. The DSA say its to avoid a car door opening, so you always speed up as you pass parked vehicles, I don't think so. All instructors will tell you to slow down as you approach a potential hazard. Remember the schools are teaching you to ride safely not to ride like a stunt rider. If the student can spend a hour on busy roads to get to the MPTC, why do they fail MOD 1 for only doing 49kph (30.45mph) in torrential rain ????? The DSA slag off the instructors and say its all there fault but offer no help, advice or training, so what is the point of the DSA. Why has nobody in the DSA been sacked and are we waiting for the first death before they sort this mess out. Remember the DSA is a BUSINESS not a service.
Feb 10
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TheWookie says:
The trainers don't teach you to swerve and brake at the same time..
The way the trainers teach it is, accelerate up to the speed trap, roll off throttle, swerve, straighten up, then brake. Mostly the inexperienced learner panics and brakes before they've straighened out. Its quite surprising how much slowdown can be achieved with engine braking.
sorry, that should have been at colin8455, not Slomo.
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