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THE OFFICIAL WORD

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Here is the official word. The news is that we have indeed decided to call the it a day with The Open. We leave the two records that we are very very proud of and memories that will remain in our hearts forever. Some of us will continue on our path through music. Some of us will not. We all wish each other the greatest of luck. No excuses, no regrets, no big philosophical kiss off, its just the end of one journey and the start of another. Bless you all for your support over these last years and goodbye. Steve, Jon, Jim, Alan and Roger.

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Member Since: 11/11/2005
Band Website: theopenmusic.com
Influences: MUSIC:Magazine, Cocteau Twins, Talk Talk, XTC, Eno, Bowie (mainly Low), Bjork, Tom Waits, Gavin Ayers, Broadcast, Mansun, The Verve, Explosions in the Sky, John Coltrane, Horace Silver, Miles Davis, Sun Ra, DJ Cam, Messiaen, Cannonball Adderley, The Blue Nile, Wayne Shorter, Harold Budd, Satie, Killing Joke, David Sylvian, Joy Division, Pink Floyd, It's Immaterial, Radiohead, Dylan, The Damned, Tears for Fears, Interpol, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Air, Nick Drake, The Cure, Scott Walker, Serge Gainsbourg, Massive Attack, Nirvana, The Walkmen, Aztec Camera, Joe Meek, Beach Boys, Beatles, Stones, Craig Armstrong, Bill Evans Trio, The Byrds, Spiritualized, The Velvet Underground, Specials, Johnny Cash, The Pale Fountains, The Strands, Shack, Mercury Rev, Vangelis, Tindersticks, Stina Nordenstam, Kate Bush, Michel Legrand, Jim O'Rourke Elephants Memory, Leonard Cohen, The Band, Roxy Music, Can, Wire, Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac, Beastie Boys, Love, Neil Young, Marvin Gaye, The La's, Lambchop. Morricone.FILM:Stranger than Paradise, Naked (Mike Leigh), Wings of Desire, Paris Texas, Buffalo 66, The Girl on the Bridge, Elisa, Dogville, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Vertigo, Cinema Paradiso, In the Realms of the Unreal, Slacker, Napoleon Dynamite, Les Valseuses, Down By Law, Chinatown, The Night of the Hunter, The Swimmer, Nuts in May, Tarnation, Don't Look Back, Don't Look Now, Billy Liar, Bande a Parte, Les Valseuses, The Dreamers, Last Tango in Paris, Persona, Wild Strawberries, Themroc, L'Haine, The Man In The White Suit, The Shining, Delicatessen, Amelie, A Very Long Engagement, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The 400 Blows.BOOKS:The Age of Wire and String - Ben MarcusA Confederacy of Dunces - J K TooleZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintainence - R PersigLila - R PersigSeize the Day - Saul BellowThe Adventures of Augie March - Saul BellowThe Sea, The Sea - Iris MurdochThe Outsider - Colin WilsonThe Outsider - Albert CamusExile and the Kingdom - Albert Camus
Type of Label: Indie

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Another Frighteningly Good Competition.

Hello again, After the glorious response to our last competition. We are now unveiling our second. The creative theme is upheld. This time however it is solely for paintings done at this website...
Posted by The Open on Sat, 18 Feb 2006 06:28:00 PST