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Sweetpea Group: Members Posts: 1476 Joined: April 2007 Posted: May 28 2007, 05:09 These days, whenever I don't have access to Mike's music I feel withdrawal symptoms: irritability, impatience, and involuntary twitching. I try to keep my iPod with me as much as possible, so that helps when I need a fix. I've been deleting a lot of other artists from my iPod to accommodate my latest MO cd acquisitions. My desktop wallpaper is of Mike, but what I really want is a wall poster - don't know where to get one, though. Oh, and I am constantly humming tunes - today, it happened to be "Lakme", but more often it's something from Ommadawn or Five Miles Out. -------------- "I'm no physicist, but technically couldn't Mike both be with the horse and be flying through space at the same time? (On account of the earth's orbit around the Sun and all that). So it seems he never had to make the choice after all. I bet he's kicking himself now." - clotty Back to top

TubularBelle Group: Members Posts: 1487 Joined: April 2004 Posted: May 28 2007, 05:22 Hello Sweatpea, (shouldn't it be SweetPea?) It is sooo cold here at the moment so I have been reading Mikes autobiography in bed. When I was reading reasonable detailed explainations of his first few albums, I struggled to think of the spefic section he spoke about even though I have had these albums for 30 years and listen to them often. I've spoken before about my annoyance at my laziness in this regard. I really wanted to play the albums while I was reading the book, but I read most of it on the weekend while my other half was at home and would have objected. But I can't wait to read it all again and this time have each album playing in the background. Lets see, did it take me 25 hours to read the book. It was way too short by the way. I would love to be able to play Mike in the car but I am a very nervous driver so the feelings of tension would spoil the exp for me I think. But I would love to get a small personal ipod or something and lay in a park one day looking up at the sky with mmmm, I think Ommadawn blaring in my ears. -------------- I hate getting up early. I didn't even realise there were two 6 o'clocks in one day! Back to top

Sweetpea Group: Members Posts: 1476 Joined: April 2007 Posted: May 28 2007, 06:06 Quote (TubularBelle @ May 28 2007, 05:22) Hello Sweatpea, (shouldn't it be SweetPea?) *swings shiny object in front of TubularBelle* There is no typo... there is no typo... Actually I had a brain-blip while creating my account. I can spell, really. I really enjoyed the autobiography, and I've been rereading bits and pieces. The iPod comes in handy for reading in bed. I didn't care for the earphones that were included, however, since they tend to have a mind of their own. So I bought a set of big honkin' headphones that stay put. The downside is that they aren't very comfy to fall asleep in. -------------- "I'm no physicist, but technically couldn't Mike both be with the horse and be flying through space at the same time? (On account of the earth's orbit around the Sun and all that). So it seems he never had to make the choice after all. I bet he's kicking himself now." - clotty Back to top

onion Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: July 2005 Posted: May 28 2007, 06:44 woow thats a sick addiction..... you need to put some clothes on, go out and join the real world....let the sun shine on your face...let the wind blow in your hair...talk to strangers...go to the movies...in short get af life    (ooh yeah and leave your ipod at home) ... addiction - any addiction is unhealthy...and when people gets in totally frenzy (usually with music and filmstars)  it´s not good and I´m sure the stars don´t want that fixation on them....Mike Oldfield sure is hell don´t...     Mike -------------- Are soft boiled eggs supposed to make a crunchy noise when you eat them? Back to top

Sweetpea Group: Members Posts: 1476 Joined: April 2007 Posted: May 28 2007, 13:50 Quote (onion @ May 28 2007, 06:44) .... you need to put some clothes on, go out and join the real world....let the sun shine on your face...let the wind blow in your hair...talk to strangers...go to the movies...in short get af life Errr... who said I was naked??   I may be mistaken, but I think you took my post more seriously than it was intended, onion. No, my addiction doesn't stop me from having a life. I meant my initial post to be lighthearted (the 'involuntary twitching' is actually due to annoying coworkers ) Apologies if I've scared anyone! -------------- "I'm no physicist, but technically couldn't Mike both be with the horse and be flying through space at the same time? (On account of the earth's orbit around the Sun and all that). So it seems he never had to make the choice after all. I bet he's kicking himself now." - clotty Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: May 28 2007, 15:47 Quote (Sweatpea @ May 28 2007, 13:50) Quote (onion @ May 28 2007, 06:44) .... you need to put some clothes on, go out and join the real world....let the sun shine on your face...let the wind blow in your hair...talk to strangers...go to the movies...in short get af life Errr... who said I was naked??   If I made a joke here, I'd probably be banned. I'll keep quiet, I swear. Hoo boy. I, fortunately, don't have any addictions for musicians or albums or what. I do have small, sudden obsessions, which happen as my interest on artists change rather often, and sometimes certain music sticks to my brain and refuses to leave. Humming and whistling and whatnot is, to me, commonplace (I try not to do it when I'm with other people, as I get extremely annoyed when some people do it close to me - though it's not intentional). I find I'm utterly unable to listen to music during work, as people are constantly requesting me and calling me, and if I'm listening to music and unable to get completely immersed in it, I'd rather not listen to any music. It has to be me, the task and the music - and in my workplace, that's an impossible scenario. Sad. Autechre is very, very, very good working music. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: May 28 2007, 21:01 Quote (Sweatpea @ May 28 2007, 07:09) My desktop wallpaper is of Mike, Mine too,and even my MSN wallpaper is Mike boosted.It's soo good to relax with a man with other excellent "talents" besides the music Quote (Sweatpea @ May 28 2007, 07:09) but what I really want is a wall poster - don't know where to get one, though I've got 3 posters of Mike in my room: one from the Millennum Bell concert,one from Voyager and another from the Crises tour.The Millennum one I've got from Dark Star,the one from Voyager and Crises were gifts from fellow MO fans(one from Spain and other from Brazil,where I live). One of them you can see  here. But regarding to the music,I listen whenever I feel I need to.I do listen to lots and lots of music besides Mike,but there are some moments in my life that only his music can express exactly what I'm thinking or I wanna hear at that particular moment.But there are moments that I don't wanna hear MO at all! I do have a life besides being a MO fan,sure. -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

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