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Rick Wright and Secret Affair

by Parsley on Fri, 2008/09/19 - 4:38pm

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Obituary News : Rick Wright
Rick Wright a.k.a. Richard Wright was the delicately spoken keyboard player with The Pink Floyd Sound. In 1978 the first keyboard I ever bought was the Farfisa Compact Duo and it was a source of great pride for me that it was the same model that fellow Old Haberdasher Wright had created his ground breaking psychedelic meanderings on in 1967. I'm very sorry he's gone to the Great Gig In The Sky.

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Direct Line Pink Floyd, Gizzard Studios, Sparks Concerts and Parsley's Birthday Cockney Knees Up

by Parsley on Mon, 2008/03/03 - 12:58am

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Media watch : Direct Line Home Insurance adverts reference Pink Floyd
If you're wondering about the music and slow motion 'destruction' adverts currently promoting Direct Line, they are a very thinly disguised reference to the haunting Pink Floyd track used during the explosion in the film 'Zabriskie Point'.

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Pink Floyd-inspired art and London Overground

by Parsley on Wed, 2007/11/21 - 7:26pm

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Exhibition Review : "Change Returns Success" - Art Exhibition on Pink Floyd 19-25/11/07
In my youth I was inspired by the artistic freedom encouraged by punk rock. However, my style had more in common with mods and the psychedelic movement of 10 years previously. When I heard of an exhibition of art to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Pink Floyd's first album, "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" I was keen to see it.

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