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WyoRockMan
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Grizzlyville, WY
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Feb 14, 2019 - 09:25pm PT
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This track came out today. These two are full-on.
Each third of the song its own thing, all braided together.
Their sophomore album is coming out next week.
The first, Monolith of Phobos, was fantastic.
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Tarbuster
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Feb 16, 2019 - 04:31pm PT
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Climbed a route called KINGS X in Eldorado Canyon with Mark Chapman in the early 90s.
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d-know
Trad climber
electric lady land
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I've always liked Mastodon.
Tool 4 desert.
21st century schizoid man.
Blew my mind.
King Crimson for sure.
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Climbed a route called KINGS X in Eldorado Canyon...
Curious if you know who put the route up, Tarbuster.
This is where I got the name for the variation that we did on Yosemite Falls Wall in ’99 - Summerland.
1989
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dUg’s screams are awesome. Seen them live a couple of times, and he was playing an eight-string bass, with the signal split between a clean tone and a dirty tone. Great sound.
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Tarbuster
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King's X, 5.10d S/VS (that means it's dangerous)
FA: Layton Kor & Larry Dalke, 1967. FFA: Ron Cox & Paul Sibley, 1971.
The route Chapman and I climbed (1990, his lead, to the right of King's X), was called Diffraction, 5.10a s and literally had cobwebs in it!
I never did it again. I've done many Eldo routes three times over, including King's X. It's actually quite good.
Mark and I also climbed Balls of Fire that year, 5.10c vs (basically means no falling allowed, my lead), to the left of King's X and that was a wild ride!
Anecdotally, I also know Paul Sibley very well and rented shop space on his property for 10 years, just outside of Eldorado Canyon.
Wikipedia says the band King's X originated in 1979.
So now we ask, what is the origin of the name? I'm guessing Kor/Dalke were referencing something literary?
Regarding the band's name:
While in Houston, the group met Sam Taylor, then vice president of ZZ Top's production company. Taylor quickly became interested in the trio and convinced them to change their name to King's X. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_X
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King’s X is a term used by schoolchildren to indicate a brief break from a game, known as a truce term. Usually, the cry King’s X is accompanied by the gesture of crossing one’s fingers. The Oxford English Dictionary cites this gesture as the origin of the term King’s X, though it may also be linked to the King’s Mark. This was a seal affixed to documents, including documents guaranteeing safe passage or other favors to subjects carrying it. https://grammarist.com/usage/kings-x/
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Minerals
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The Deli
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Mar 17, 2019 - 06:44pm PT
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Ah, so the route wasn’t named after the band. Got it. My only other thought was to ask if Kor or Dalke were religious (i.e. Kings 10), but what you found on grammarist.com probably makes more sense.
(Umm, in my last post, Queensryche isn’t rap. Looks like YouTube has a glitch. Maybe it will be corrected...)
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Tarbuster
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Mar 17, 2019 - 07:19pm PT
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Of course we could outright just contact Pat Ament via Facebook and ask, but ...
I'm going to go with your biblical allusion, Minerals.
So how long has "going for the gold" been in colloquial use by climbers?
And the double entendre would also be confirmed because the architecture of the climb is notable in that it climbs through a giant X shaped structure on the South face of Wind Tower.
The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon
10 When the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon and his relationship to the Lord, she came to test Solomon with hard questions. 2 Arriving at Jerusalem with a very great caravan—with camels carrying spices, large quantities of gold, and precious stones—she came to Solomon and talked with him about all that she had on her mind. 3 Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was too hard for the king to explain to her. 4 When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon and the palace he had built, 5 the food on his table, the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he made at[a] the temple of the Lord, she was overwhelmed.
6 She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your achievements and your wisdom is true. 7 But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told me; in wisdom and wealth you have far exceeded the report I heard. 8 How happy your people must be! How happy your officials, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom! 9 Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he has made you king to maintain justice and righteousness.”
10 And she gave the king 120 talents of gold, large quantities of spices, and precious stones. Never again were so many spices brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Kings+10&version=NIV
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Tarbuster
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Apr 21, 2019 - 09:16pm PT
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I find this to be beautiful music. These people were not f*#king around!
Fotheringay Live at The Beat Club 1970:
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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Apr 26, 2019 - 06:49pm PT
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Prog? what means this
wajunwanna do rock ?
for the love of aNARCHY
fREEDOM nOW pOST YOUR VIOLATIONS TO THE nORM
nORM ? WHAT mEANS tHAT?
This is different, it seems excessive if not aggressive
Frankie and the Witch Fingers - I Am Underneath You (No pun intended)
https://youtu.be/XJyfSUYApb4
whatever THAT WAS??
This next [-Link-]
Is more Like what was posted & I Like, It is listenable to too 2
The Jimmy Herring Band plays Matt (Slocum)'s Funk at The Miraverse, Pittsboro NC, 8/18/12
https://youtu.be/Fau1dnLWTLA
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Tarbuster
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After a lengthy intro of still photographs, this develops into excellent live footage, with pretty darned good audio:
Deep Purple - 1969 Concerto with Royal Philarmonic Orchestra
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Tarbuster,man, I just watched and listened to that “The Deep Purple” at Albert Hall.
I know I had heard some of it before,maybe on the BBC music hour in the past ,or maybe there is an album, but that video is stunning,audio as well.
I remember sitting on the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium’s front steps in 73 during a sold out show , listening to the the Purple’s monstrous beat, only to get let in for the encore “Child in Time”.
Never to see them again till the reunion of “Perfect Strangers”.
Much more of a band than Smoke on the Water,truly progressive.
Thanks.
Ian Paice with the cowbell.....1969.
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