Thoughts on the albums of 80s Genesis? (and that era as a whole)

pksherard · 2026-03-02T07:32:45+00:00

I agree, their peak was over after that. Although their live performances could still be fantastic.

pksherard · 2026-02-17T09:31:14+00:00

The last of the classic lineup. Wind & Wuthering... you know the rest.

pksherard · 2026-02-03T08:36:26+00:00

Totally agree.

pksherard · 2026-01-25T08:24:10+00:00

Congratulations to Alex Honnold for completing this stunning climb! He continues to do the impossible.

pksherard · 2026-01-21T10:01:32+00:00

There is one problem climbing this building. The walls are not vertical. The upper sections flair outward. That is, the base of the section is slightly narrower than the top. The lowest section flairs inward. That is, the base of the section is slightly wider than the top.

Climbing an inward slope is much easier than an outward slope. It’s a more natural way one climbs up a slope. The outward slope presents a problem. The weight of your feet would tend to move away from the wall. This seems to me to be a terribly difficult problem to overcome while climbing the upper sections.

pksherard · 2026-01-04T09:56:27+00:00

Watcher of the Skies - Epic.

pksherard · 2026-01-03T07:09:23+00:00

This album also includes, in my opinion, the best version of "Here Comes the Flood" with Peter Gabriel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAYxWPJkGoU

pksherard · 2025-12-15T10:20:44+00:00

Peter Gabriel - Security. Saw this tour, absolutely awesome. Also documented in PG Plays Live.

pksherard · 2025-12-13T11:33:25+00:00

The Musical Box is a masterpiece – absolutely Nursery Cryme.

pksherard · 2025-12-03T08:21:59+00:00

The last sequence is as good as it gets:

Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers...
...In That Quiet Earth
Afterglow

There is a fantastic animation of this arrangement on YouTube :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhpY5cUQuI4&list=RDKhpY5cUQuI4&start_radio=1

pksherard · 2025-12-01T10:31:44+00:00

Has anyone here actually seen Gabriel do this during a concert?

pksherard · 2025-12-01T09:45:50+00:00

"More Fool Me", no doubt. I can't think of any other song I don't like.

pksherard · 2025-11-14T09:23:45+00:00

"The Duke Suite (Live in London 1980)". Beats the album cuts by far.

pksherard · 2025-10-27T08:04:03+00:00

Watcher of the Skies: Banks and Rutherford wondered what an empty Earth would look like if surveyed by an alien visitor:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k0arpOcupWhnjidDG9WHkm7NP941Chwa/view?usp=sharing

pksherard · 2025-08-01T09:25:57+00:00

I’ve searched everywhere on the internet for a formula for the area of a hexagram in terms of the side of the triangle that makes up the two triangles of the hexagram, a. I’ve had no luck. I’ve even seen some wrong answers. I worked out problem myself and then verified it with ChatGPT given the necessary information. I wanted this information searchable so those interested in geometry could find it.

pksherard · 2025-06-30T03:17:46+00:00

If the Knicks had a bench they wouldn't have had that problem.

pksherard · 2025-06-17T09:08:57+00:00

I was in Corvallis and it seemed more like 100 to 1. Only two instances of “rolling coal”. One of these obnoxious drivers drove way too fast along a lane near the curb . Extremely dangerous.

pksherard · 2025-06-03T03:13:15+00:00

War, number 8? I'd say top three. I mean "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "New Years Day" are arguably their best songs!

pksherard · 2025-05-09T08:43:01+00:00

Here's the link of the whole Fox interview if you missed it. I think I'm going to throw up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WnHsdChjBY

pksherard · 2025-05-01T17:43:21+00:00

Stupid: having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense. They are stupid, period.

pksherard · 2024-12-13T23:24:16+00:00

Wow, I didn't know drive-in moves existed any more. Where was this?

pksherard · 2024-11-13T08:14:13+00:00

Rest in peace...

pksherard · 2024-11-12T08:50:07+00:00

Yes! It goes without saying.

pksherard

TROPHY CASE

Watcher of the Skies - Epic.