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Tales from Topographic Oceans
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This week Mark and I listened to the edited audio of the main ‘location reports’ I made last Saturday during my trip to London to tell some Tales from Topographic Locations. I had a great time discovering what those important places look like today and their surrounding areas.
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The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music is not take from a live concert – I put it together from: archive.org
4 replies on “Tales from Topographic Locations – 645”
Thanks, Kevin. Here’s a wonderful website for the history of the Rainbow, http://www.rainbowhistory.x10.mx/1973.htm
Hi Kevin and Mark –
Another great episode – thank you. As usual, I’ve learned some new things.
When I took note again of your “Topographic Locations” title, I thought it works very well, as “Oceans” and “Locations” have enough sounds in common.
This led me to wonder what other adaptations of Yes titles might be interesting, and I started a list of possible products or businesses that Yes fans might like. I only came up with a few, but perhaps other podcast listeners might be able to contribute lots of other ideas. Forgive the silliness of this, if you will – here are a few ideas:
Topographic Lotion
Hound Chaser (leash)
Going for the Run (running shoes)
Wonderous Tories (British political consultants)
Dramamine (already exists!)
Buy from Here
All the best,
Greg
I enjoyed this episode very much — as usual. Thank you for the continued fine work!
It was nice to tune in on Facebook to see these live. I hope the trip was worth it to help you collect more geekery for your upcoming book.