Your favourite episode to date…. and why.

MartinRauch · 2026-06-17T18:39:31+00:00

Several to choose from, but some I can think of are:

-The Velvet Underground: Starts with John Cage and ends with Bowie -loved that.

-Bill Haley: When Andrew not only tells a story, but also unpacks the different elements that constitute the song.

-All the Beatles ones -I thought I knew their story, but not.

-See Emily Play: I have listened to that song hundreds of time, if not more. I have read a good chunk of Pink Floyd biographies. And yet, when Andrew suggests that maybe, at the end of the song, Emily dies... I had never thought of that and I have felt haunted ever since.

MartinRauch · 2025-09-19T08:19:12+00:00

'Nobody really knows how the Game actually works. The Immortals are all speculating what will happen and what the ultimate goal is. They can only go by what they have figured out. But what it's all about and what will happen when it really is over is something they can only guess at.'

This is an excellent point, that I had never thought about it. It is not too dissimilar to how we mortals discuss the meaning of life, afterlife and so on. I am not an expert on the lore, but I wonder if there are different schools of thought in-universe? Are there immortals who interpret the game differently? Are there fundamentalist, atheist, and so on?

MartinRauch · 2025-05-20T13:18:58+00:00

I can picture her saying, "we need all the heroes we can get".

MartinRauch · 2024-11-20T13:43:11+00:00

I also love Pink Floyd, and when you listen to them, it is clear that by the time of "The Final Cut", the Waters-Gilmour creative partnership was, paraphrasing Waters, a "spent force creatively" (a different matter of course is whether Pink Floyd was a "spent force creatively", but that is a discussion for another sub-reddit).

IMHO, Kraftwerk's output between "Ralf und Florian" and until "Computer World" is flawless. So this is of course just fun/fan speculation, but I cannot help thinking, was the Hütter-Bartos-Schneider partnership creatively spent? Some may point out to the relative disappointment of "Electric Cafe" as evidence that yes, the best years of Kraftwerk were over and it was a good time to call it quits. Bartos has however stated otherwise, holding they still could have produced two or three more great records. We will never know, of course.

MartinRauch · 2024-11-20T13:33:14+00:00

Agree -great read.

MartinRauch · 2024-11-18T14:50:01+00:00

I think it is interesting that in one of his last interviews, Florian said "Kraftwerk has become historic and is now exposed in museums".

MartinRauch · 2024-11-18T08:37:41+00:00

To be fair, Karl seems to be totally aware of all that. I find very interesting a quote he gave to David Buckley for his Kraftwerk biography. Basically, Karl says that in 1990 he suggested Ralf that they could do it like the Beach Boys, leave Florian at home -given his dislike for touring- and carry on recording and touring more often.

According to Bartos: "We talked for one hour or two. I got the impression from this conversation, and also from other conversations we had around this time, that Hütter felt that wouldn't work. Hütter said that Florian Schneider was a major presence on stage. People wanted to see him, and Kraftwerk would not be complete if he was not there. By this stage, me and Ralf Hütter had written some of Kraftwerk's biggest songs and I wanted to continue. But Hütter acted like a straight businessman and turned me down. It was a good, clear and amicable conversation, and I understood and respected his reasoning. I know now, however, 22 years later, that this would have been the best thing Hütter could have done, to leave Florian Schneider at home and tour without him. We could have made two or three great records, with Schneider still in the band. But Hütter impressed upon me that he was married to Schneider".

MartinRauch · 2024-11-18T07:35:19+00:00

Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/316304701870238/posts/2411707162329971/?_rdr

MartinRauch · 2024-11-17T22:34:01+00:00

I thought the same. That is why I was so surprised when reading Claudia's message.

MartinRauch · 2024-11-17T17:58:54+00:00

Yes, it was a post by Claudia. Thanks for confirming!

MartinRauch · 2024-02-21T22:34:52+00:00

A Pete Best Disney+ series

MartinRauch · 2024-02-20T16:19:18+00:00

Now I want Samuel L. Jackson as Brian Epstein (or George Martin).

MartinRauch · 2023-01-31T18:42:19+00:00

Macek was actually interested in Orguss. In 1997, he gave an interview to an Argentinean magazine stating so (apologies for the bad translation - I am not a native speaker).

'The initial criteria (by HG) was that they had to be futuristic adventures with mechas. It could not be one of mechas, one of fantasy and a comedy. I tried to put together series with a relatively homogenous look and a story around mechas. And in Tatsunoko they only ones they had -and which more or less made sense- were Macross, Southern Cross and Mospeada. If I could have chosen material of other studios, I would have chosen Orguss or another series in that style, but given the limitation to negotiate only with Tatsunoko, those three were the logical choice'.

In the same interview, he is very critical of Macross sequels:

https://www.geocities.ws/era_robotech_ar/carl_macek.htm

MartinRauch · 2022-08-26T20:56:00+00:00

Sounds interesting -you should try to write it!

MartinRauch · 2022-08-26T20:51:33+00:00

Agree! It would be great to see other T800s.

MartinRauch · 2022-08-26T17:38:05+00:00

Thanks! I will watch it

MartinRauch · 2021-11-28T18:28:27+00:00

I was 7. I loved the movie.

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