"I catch a brief reflection...

[wraithwitch]

Of what you could and might have been
It's your right and your ability
To become my perfect enemy..."Early last week I persuaded my Wolf to come and visit me in Kew, so on Thursday I had to fulfill my end of the bargain and help him clean his flat and move to his new place. Neurons got to play the 'Dousing the Kitchen in Bleach' game, the 'Pulling

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[sea_cucumber]

crispy! :)

[darklittlefox]

Meekle-purr. (it is too one word)

[evilref]

Talented.

And your Scots lady was right: it is a shame what happened to Syd Barrett.

[wraithwitch]

I've just been listening to some of his madcap stuff.
"If it's in you" is a really meekle song, utterly silly - but the beginning where he fecks it up is heart-breaking.
Ages back I had a dream about meeting syd barrett, he was alive and well in the Dreaming looking just like he did in '68, we spent our time causing trouble and telling pink floyd to sod off - it was very crispy =)

[evilref]

I've heard "The Madcap Laughs" a long time ago, but given my own state of intoxication at the time, I can't be sure how much of it is real. But if my memories are correct, it's that sort of an album. It would be good to see if it is as strange as I remember.

Of the ones I am familiar with (mainly "Piper at the Gates of Dawn") I love "Chapter 24". Someone who sets the I Ching to music is pretty odd. Someone who does it well ... that's something else.

Anyway, Pink Floyd missed him very much. There's a version of "If it's in You" with Roger Waters on vocals - and there are many references to him. He is the person they'll see "on the dark side of the Moon":-

"And if the cloud breaks, thunder in your ear
You shout and no-one seems to hear
And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the dark side of the Moon"

and the "crazy diamond" of "Wish you were Here":-

"How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl
Year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we