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Yes  Five Percent for Nothing   Favoriting Fragile  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
 
Focus  Sugar Island   Favoriting In and Out of Focus  0:05:34 (Pop-up)
Dust  Ivory   Favoriting Hard Attack  0:08:38 (Pop-up)
Ambrosia  Mama Frog   Favoriting Ambrosia  0:11:12 (Pop-up)
 
Egg  Enneagram   Favoriting The Civil Surface  0:22:57 (Pop-up)
Entropics  Wedding Song   Favoriting Spagga!  0:31:58 (Pop-up)
 
Caravan  Winter Wine   Favoriting In the Land of Grey and Pink  0:38:19 (Pop-up)
Kevin Ayers  Song for Insane Times   Favoriting Joy of a Toy  0:45:48 (Pop-up)
Chris Squire  Hold Out Your Hand   Favoriting Fish Out of Water  0:49:46 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Handy Haversack:

It's go time!

MANDLPROG! MANDLPROG! MANDLPROG!

Extensive greetings, Dave and all the Complications!
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G:

Let's progress.
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Niall:

Lads. Donate to WFMU. The money goes to a second song.
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redkayak:

Sounding good out here in the hinterlands!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:01pm
Handy Haversack:

Zing! Niall!
  7:01pm
lazy pierogi:

yes indeed
  7:02pm
P-90:

Greetings, Dave. I’ll be here every week to answer questions about Prog: what it is, what it isn’t, where it came from, where it’s going, etc.
  7:02pm
djsheilab:

We’re here for it!!
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Niall:

Oh snap; does it sound like Rush meets Primus? Yes!
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
Webhamster Henry:

OK folks, clear your Prog Rock Bingo cards!
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Will thee Sound Guy:

Yes!!! Hello Dave and all!!!
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G:

5% for nothing. In honor of a Yes manager who screwed them with a contract early on before they knew what they were doing.
  7:02pm
JetBoy of Astoria:

Hi Dave! It’s gonna be great.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
Handy Haversack:

Hey, redkayak! Yo, DJ Sheila B!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
dale:

oh man. i'll be hanging out.
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redkayak:

Pwog!
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chresti:

Hi Dave and complicated music show!
  7:03pm
Jackie G:

Yes #1 . Of course. Who else?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
DanFA:

Is that really you DJ Sheila B?
  7:03pm
Bakester:

Where's the eleven??
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Aitch:

Prog on
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redkayak:

@Handy - Yo :)
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Niall:

Remember that photo of Steve Howe with the mittens at the inauguration?
  7:03pm
ike-o:

peace! thank you, I'm looking forward to learning more about prog
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Analog Nights:

I'm on perimeter of prog adjacent
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HollyRT:

Hi Dave! Excited!!
  🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:04pm
SeaCreature:

Turning on the dry ice fog machine. Who’s handling the lasers?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:04pm
PaulRobeson1922:

Interestinf
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

+ 💐 + 💐 + MANDL + 💐 + 💐 +
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Niall:

eh, I shoulda said Keith Emerson.
  7:04pm
dday:

Bring IT on!
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Carmichael:

Dibs on the flashpots.
  7:05pm
mic_a:

Ooh, here we go again. I will try to avoid blabbering on about those days. Just one point that occurred to me this past week... The ironic thing about progressive rock is that it trained me, as a listener, to always keep progressing -- right on beyond prog itself.

Thanks Dave! Good to hear you again.
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chresti:

complicated jazzy rock
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SeaCreature:

Damn flashpots. Can I roadie for the Taurus pedals?
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HollyRT:

Powering up my Mellotron
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
The Butterman:

Will the topic of Marillion be addressed in tonight’s lecture?
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Fredericks:

Where's Traffic fit in this schema Dave M.?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
Summer and Michael and Sylvia:

Welcome back, Dave!!!!
  7:06pm
ike-o:

oh right - headphones up
  7:06pm
Old Dave:

Oh man, I was so into this shit in HS. Let's go!
  7:06pm
Old Dave:

Oh man, I was so into this shit in HS. Let's go!
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Folsom:

We getting any Van Der Graaf?
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
Webhamster Henry:

The point of this show is not to figure out the Venn Diagrams of Prog
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Who are the earliest ?
SoftMachine ? MoodyBlues ? ...Pet Sounds - ?!?
Julie just played a TheNice track from '68 last night...
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dale:

moving waves has some great stuff.
  7:07pm
Bakester:

Dust: Marc Bell!
  7:07pm
dday:

PFM, 7th Wave, Jade Warrior, Happy the Man, Camel,
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
dale:

thought 71 was moving waves. guess a couple of focus albums came out that year.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
Ciggy:

The Dutch Masters
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

We discussed a lot last week when StayshKen guest hosted.
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HollyRT:

@revolutionrabbit Canterbury? Wilde Flowers?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
Handy Haversack:

McGroovey, you hearing this?

Nice. "Hocus Pocus" gets WFMU love, but not much of the rest of Focus that often.
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Niall:

Wow, this is not how I imagined Focus sounding, having only heard "Hocus Pocus." This is like... proto-They Might Be Giants.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:09pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Well - it came out of Psych & everybody wanting to be Studio Wizards.
...I mean - so did Phil Spector ...but he was aiming squarely @ PopCharts.
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chresti:

Good to note the time structure thing
Play Jimi Hendrix, the kids will dig it.
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Niall:

Sorry, "Moving Waves," not "Hocus Pocus."
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Dave Mandl:

Greetings, everyone! So good to see you all
  7:10pm
Andres:

The other day I was thinking back to school band days and 3/4 time. It is providing no greater clarity into 5/4 time. Digging nonetheless!
  7:10pm
Noel:

Please, Dave, talk about the music all you want to. I’m addicted to Bob Brainen because I learn so much from yall who know a lot more about music than I do.
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Niall:

I have a real-life Saxondale living near me. Dire.
  7:10pm
P-90:

RevRab: any attempt to pinpoint a specific “start” for something as nebulous as “Prog Rock” is necessarily a bit arbitrary, but most Prog-oli gist tend to settle on The Nice as THE first, ancestral, Prog band. (So do a lot of prominent Prog musicians who date back to that period)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:11pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

TheyMightBeGiants are pretty accomplished.
Jimi & SoftMachine toured together early ...Mitch Mitchell drummed pretty Jazzy - but Jimi stayed fairly rooted in Blues. & Galactic Center, but yerknow...
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Niall:

Andres:
Snap every syllable, alternating hands:
"pass the fucking bacon"
Repeat ad infinitum. There's your 5/4.
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redkayak:

Mondays this winter are gonna rock :D
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chresti:

HA Niall!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Wull ...I barely ever had a toe tip in being Technical - but my understanding is - with putting Five beats into a measure of Four - you're either gonna divide it 3 -2, or 2-3, for the most part ??
  7:12pm
Jackie G:

The Nice! Yes, please. Rondo!
This Dust cut is a bit of all right.
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redkayak:

......gonna "wock" rather.....
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Ciggy:

Love Mama Frog
Jabberwocky is Fantastic
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Dave Mandl:

We'll hear the Nice at some point!
  7:13pm
Andres:

Thanks, Niall!! You helped me cross the finish line. :)
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

"pass the fucking bacon" ...six syllables ?
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Dave Mandl:

@Holly: There will be Canterbury.
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HollyRT:

hard to believe this is the same Ambrosia who had a massive hit with "How Much I Feel" when I was in 3rd grade
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dale:

DAMN YES! ambrosia. somewhere i've never traveled is great too.
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redkayak:

@Dave - Will there be Rick Wakeman solo?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:14pm
Ciggy:

Here it comes
Who does the narrative
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Niall:

One fun anecdote I once read, the details escape me, was:

"Sing something in 4/4!"
"Life's a bowl of cherries!"
"Sing something in 5/4!"
"Life's a fucking bowl of cherries!"
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Dave Mandl:

@redkayak: Mais oui.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:15pm
dale:

redkayak - in some strawbs songs.
  7:15pm
Jackie G:

Is Ambrosia the American version of Yes?
  7:15pm
dday:

Zappa> Watermelon in Easter Hay has a fun 9/4 structure (kind of an alternating 4/4 5/4 thing)
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

@Niall: So - it's not syllable = beat in this sense...
  7:15pm
pot8o:

i'd say american genesis
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redkayak:

@Dave @dale Excellent
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:16pm
Handy Haversack:

Ha, I had to memorize this prog in ninth-grade English!
  7:16pm
pot8o:

they both started off as prog, went softer in the 80s, and are more well known for their soft rock stuff than their prog stuff
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Niall:

@Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I'd be keen to hear too you sing it the way I think you think it would be sung! That would be really weird! HaQ!

I don't think syllables are equivalent to beats, though, no.
  7:17pm
dday:

Triumvirat (believe it or not the late Doug Fieger of the Knack played bass for them for a short time)
  7:18pm
P-90:

We could make a list of proggy qualities, like unusual time signatures. The key is that not every
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:18pm
Fuzzy:

@pot80 Chicago too, I think.
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chresti:

a bunch of guys playing real fast.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

@Niall: Thx - sorry to obscure your point.
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Webhamster Henry:

Heh Jabberwocky: check out my versions on the bottom of the Jazz Kissingers' page: www.echonyc.com...
  7:18pm
Listener Robert:

Prog? It doesn't even sound Czech! Fun listening, though.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
Webhamster Henry:

@P-90 I'm literally making that Prog Rock Bingo Card right now. Help me out, folks!
  7:19pm
pot8o:

or what elp was trying to do in the 80s but failed massively at
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redkayak:

@robert - I see what you did there ;)
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Ciggy:

So many people in their own device
  7:19pm
P-90:

The key is that not every music that has one or more of those features is Prog, and not every Prog piece has one or more of those features. See? It’s complicated
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Mi-rgod:

Proggy went a-courtin' and he did ride, M-hm, M-hm e-and-a.
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Niall:

@Revolution Rabbit Nov63: You didn't! We're all loving this strange new direction.
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Niall:

@mi-rgod: Crambone!
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redkayak:

ELP.....hoo boy. Take me back!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Imagine this Program before or after Bethany 440.
  7:21pm
P-90:

We’ll also have to talk about the role of “raga” in Prog
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chresti:

*and long
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Niall:

Dust's drummer became Marky Ramone? Author of the Erotic Knights series of books?!

"That ain't funny to no one else, neithuh."
  7:21pm
Peter from Boonton formerly Dover NJ:

Loving the show, as I'm one of the dinosaurs primarily into King Crimson, Yes, ELP, Gentle Giant. Glad to have my ears expanded.
  7:21pm
Old Dave:

He said Vonnegut. Is Mr Pynchon listening? Let's hear from you please sir.
  7:22pm
mic_a:

If you wanna count 7/8, count

1-and 2-and 3-and 4

omitting the 'and' that would follow 4 if you were in 8/8 (or 4/4). Extrapolate from there, perhaps.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Did we really count to 100 ?
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Doug in MP:

Sorry I'm late, actually just saw your tweet about this
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Niall:

The WFMU synchronicities abound.
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chresti:

Oh yeah, raga!
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G:

Talking Egg, for Ken
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dale:

hope some relf/mccarty renaissance/illusion gets heard during this hour.
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Niall:

@dave I see several people here who routinely sit through 30-minute tracks on Spin Age Blasters or Bryce's Show. You're gonna be fiiiiiine.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

@dale : Armageddon ?? :D
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chresti:

That makes sense, G. Ken-eggs-prog
  7:24pm
P-90:

“Five Percent” was never a set list number for Yes. But they played it live recently because for a few years they were playing old albums in their entirety on tour. So “Five Percent” got its shot as a live number when they did that album.
  7:25pm
Jackie G:

This show is gonna be good for all lovers of Prog Music. Listening to prog, talking about prog and whatnot.
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G:

Enneagram (from Greek for "nine"), because parts of it are in nine time.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Raga has the double-digit time signatures...
  7:27pm
P-90:

We’ll also be able to play: “Is It Prog?”
Is JimI Prog?
Are the Beatles Prog?
Is Mothers of Invention Prog?
Is Bowie Prog?
etc
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glomag:

Fukyeah Egg
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Niall:

I've only just realized that I've been conflating Canterbury and Camberwell for quite some time.
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Dave Mandl:

Sorry I can't say hello to everyone.
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dale:

rev rab - hell yeah! and a lof of german prog, novalis, popul vuh....or canadian - harmonium, maneige.....
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Dave Mandl:

But, @djsheilab: Hello!
  7:29pm
P-90:

Those are instructive questions, because you can make arguments for different answers to those questions, and so doing circle the subject of Prog in a way that helps illuminate it.
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dale:

octopus....(back in germany)
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Niall:

Was Gong from Canterbury? Or am I just conflating Egg with "Angel's Egg?"
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redkayak:

@P-90 - Ought to be lively
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glomag:

Yes
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TomDash:

Hey Dave - cosmically excited about this new show!
  7:30pm
dday:

Prog isn't the only place where deviations from more standard (4/4 3/4) time signatures are used. Dave Brubeck, Burt Bacharach, Outkast & others have used many "odd" ones
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chresti:

Is Beefheart prog?
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Webhamster Henry:

OK folks, here's my first stab at the Bingo card: bingobaker.com...
  7:30pm
Andres:

Niall: Just the band name Egg was making me think of Gong. Not sure why my brain made the connection.
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Niall:

@dday: Sure half the Beatles' stuff prolly breaks free of common time.
  7:31pm
P-90:

@RevRab: good point about time signatures in raga, but maybe the key thing to know about raga is the structural cues Prog musicians took from it.
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TomDash:

Chresti - I'd say no...his old pal might be though
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Niall:

@andres: we're not alone!
  7:31pm
Andres:

dale: Harmonium, please!
  7:31pm
Jackie G:

All those prog musivians looked like wizards. Jon Anderson was a magical elf.
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redkayak:

@WEbHenry - awesome
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chresti:

TomDash- maybe slowed down prog?
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Webhamster Henry:

Gayklord did an excellent compilation of non 4/4 tunes called The Meter Is Running as a premium CD.
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dale:

this is the show where all the old shut ins with a set of koss headphones show up. proud to be here.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Flavors & SubGenres...
& the adjacents - (JazzRawk) Fusion, ArtRawk, German Kosmische...
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glomag:

@WebHenry hey!
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HollyRT:

@niall wasn't Daevid Allen in Soft Machine at one point early on?
  7:33pm
dday:

@Niall: yes it does.
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redkayak:

@dale - lol....raising hand
  7:33pm
mic_a:

Bowie and Roxy were thrown in with prog back in the day. Basically anything weird or futuristic got the tag.
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glomag:

@HollyRT yes he was
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Niall:

We're on the verge of Hallowe'en, when a certain basement-dweller-type's attention turns to Italian Giallo films and their soundtracks by Goblin, Libra, Piero Umiliani and more...
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Niall:

@hollyrt: There is a definite lineage from Gong to Soft Machine, aye.
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Handy Haversack:

Listening avidly. Just also chopping cauliflower and onion, So was Egg!
  7:34pm
dday:

@dale: not a shut in , but I prefer CAD's or Senheissers :)
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LesleyK:

Hey Dave!
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Niall:

@Handy Haversack: Were you..... chopping broccoli-hi-hi?
  7:35pm
Don S:

Thank you for turning me on to Egg just now. I just went down the Egg path on Discogs and reminding me I was listening to Dave Stewart in several different groups. Met him at the Bottom Line in 1980 when he was with Bill Bruford.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

New show, who dis?
  7:35pm
P-90:

I have to be stuck up and caution about the term “guitar noodling.” The real deal about Prog is that where a lot of guitarists might do some “noodling”, Prog guitarists play some totally non-noodling, kick-ass guitar. That’s one of the main reasons they sold millions of records in the rock-guitar-crazy 1970’s.
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Niall:

Based on that I just heard, Entropics was a recurring SNL sketch from the aughts.
  7:36pm
P-90:

@Don S: Dave Stewart is a key figure in Prog!
  7:36pm
dday:

Early Utopia was a 6 piece 3 keyboard prog band
  7:37pm
dday:

Can we sync EGG to Ken's Talking Egg?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Good gawd no - Staysh didn't Host last week ! :D
...ScottWilliams did ...I fear senility...
  7:38pm
Jackie G:

Hopefully will hear One Live Badger on a future show. More of a rockier prog group.
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watchpocket:

Hi Dave! Question: Is it possible to dispel the notion that prog was humorless? I don't have any examples of non-humorless prog bands, but maybe you with this new show can come up with a few!
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glomag:

Hurrah!
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Webhamster Henry:

@P-90 "noodling" is a placeholder I think. But with this game, while each property ipso facto does not guarantee prog-ality , a constellation of these musical properties will lead to your BINGO win.
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HollyRT:

one of my faves by them
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glomag:

Love this one
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Dave Mandl:

@LesleyK: Hey!
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Webhamster Henry:

new link: bingobaker.com...
  7:40pm
mic_a:

Personal two cents: Todd's original Utopia was the only US band that ever really went toe to toe with the British proggers. Kansas? Journey? No no nooo.
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Dave Mandl:

@watchpocket: Yes, I feel the same way. Really not that humorless.
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G:

@watchpoket: For example, Yes's "Money," a track recorded in the later 70s and only released on a box set many years later.
  7:40pm
dday:

Badger??? Tony Kaye post Yes. Greta LP Cover . roger Dean I think (long ago)
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glomag:

@watchpocket I'd say Gong def is on the funnier side of prog
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Listener Jonny in South Central... (Ohio):

Oh wow! This is a great show! Nice to meet you Dave!
  7:41pm
Sawyer:

Been meaning to hear this album!
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Dave Mandl:

Suggestions are appreciated, btw. I've got a lot of stuff to play, but it's a long way til June.
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HollyRT:

@watchpocket re: humor, check out "Radio" by Supersister. Dutch prog band
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Handy Haversack:

Dave, if you don't play any Marillion, I'll understand. But if you *do*, I'll get a thrill! They were a foundational gateway band for me.
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glomag:

@Dave Mandl italian prog is rewarding and plentiful
  7:42pm
Jackie G:

@dday: that's right. Great Roger Dean cover artwork.
  7:42pm
P-90:

@dday: Rundgren is a key figure in the whole “very proggy but not quite Prog” category. He’s one of the “bridges” to later bands that blended Prog vibes into generally more “conventional” music (or music that was more “contemporary” at the time)
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Niall:

I don't know if they would fit into the definition of "prog," stretch it as you might, but in my reality, Game Theory were deffo on the funnier side of prog.
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glomag:

IE- PFM, Banco, etc
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Dave Mandl:

@glomag: I struggle with Italian prog, but I'll be playing some.
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glomag:

Haha I understand
  7:43pm
Don S:

@P-90, no doubt. the point i meant to make, but i didn't type my comment properly, was that I listened to Hatfield and the North and Bruford, so I knew Dave Stewart, but I never knew about Egg. all the time wasted listening to ELP, could have been EGG.
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Niall:

@Dave Mandl: Goblin and Libra (and some Umiliani) are low-hanging fruit, but so enjoyable!
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HollyRT:

@glomag Stormy Six
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glomag:

Yes
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dday:

@p-90: I saw Todd's big Utopia in 74 at Carnagie Hall in NYC. Wild show. Not what most Todd-er's were expecting but I loved it having tripped out on A Wizard A true Star endlessly
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Handy Haversack:

Some Magma, I assume, will be coming down the mountain. Van Der Graff Generator?
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P-90:

@dday: with Badger we can also mention Flash, guitarist Peter Banks’s excellent post-Yes band
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dale:

who likes grobschnitt ? raise your hands!
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Sawyer:

Any love for Amon Duul II?
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glomag:

@Handy Van Der Graf yes indeed!
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Niall:

But I return to the likes of Bavaria and Argento this time of the year most years, and admitttedly to diminishing returns. Soon, I'll prolly just enjoy the fillums for their soundtracks.
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dday:

Smeone asked about Beffheart earlier as per his "friend" Mr. Zappa.. Don was more screaming free jazz absurdist.
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glomag:

Peter Hammill solo stuff is excellent as well
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HollyRT:

@Dave I feel like you could mix in some RIO as well. Univers Zero etc
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dale:

dave mandl must be like 'slow it down guys - this is show number one.'
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Niall:

"Bavaria," wtf, autocorrupt. "Bava."
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watchpocket:

Funny how --just because ELP and King Crimson did seem to take themselves *very* seriously -- the entire prog landscape got whacked with the humorless meme.
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Jackie G:

@dday: did Todd's Utopia have a glockenspiel at that Carnegie Hall concert?
And a shaving cream fight that went into the audience?
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glomag:

Yeah!!
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dday:

@P-90: many mentions of Flash & Starcastle on Clay's show. Usually funny comments ensue. I saw both, both were excellent. Starcastle opened for Gentle Giant & Flash opened for...Chuck Berry
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Niall:

Buncha dudes from GearSpace log on demanding Dream Theatre and all things Rudess.
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glomag:

BaNANA
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brycepunk1:

Hi all. I am mid-pledge and have to pick a DJ Premium. Is there a place to see them? I love WFMU t-shirts but I'd like to see them before I pick. Thanks!
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steveo:

Hi, Dave. Good to hear you on the radio!
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Dean:

Anybody know whatever happened to Tom & Judy, the ubiquitous LA-based prog fans you saw everywhere? I think I met them hanging out with Armando Gallo.
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P-90:

Is Pink Floyd Prog?
Is The Police Prog?
Is Steely Dan Prog?
Is Chicago Prog?
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Handy Haversack:

brycepunk1: wfmu.org...
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HollyRT:

BTW--did anyone see the new King Crimson doc that was streaming/playing theatres for ONE day only?
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brycepunk1:

Thank you Handy! :)
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Dave Mandl:

@Holly: I haven't!
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glomag:

Ba NAH NAH
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Andres:

I thought Kevin Ayers was just plain old eccentric. If I was lucky enough to own any of his records then I’d have to refuel them. ;) Love it!
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Niall:

Oh, I like this Kevin Ayers song; it's so... perfect for a TV clip in my mind. Like one of those Sesame Street interludes in crayon factories or something, all saturated celluloid.
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redkayak:

@Holly - I saw it, did not tune in.....wonder if it's still out there
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P-90:

@HollyRT: No! Did you?
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James in ATL:

Just stumbled on this new program and really enjoying it! Thank you Dave. As a kid I loved Yes but didn't go much deeper in prog.
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HollyRT:

@dave www.youtube.com...
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Andres:

*refile :p
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Dean:

Back in the '70s you had to work to avoid Ayers records. It took me decades to get around to acquiring and loving them.
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glomag:

Thanks for representing the Canterbury!!
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G:

From the reviews I've read lof the Crim documentary, it seems that Fripp started out liking the documentary filming process, but control freak that he is he got very annoyed as things progressed.
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dale:

just go to progarchives.com and you will see who is prog and who is not.
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glomag:

Squire!!!
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G:

Opening track of Squire's only solo album.
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HollyRT:

@p90, I was going to, but forgot...it was live in UK so broadcast at 3pm EST
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dday:

@Jackie G: no that did not occur. 1st half of show was Todd with a pre-recorded backing track played over his ne w "Vortex" sound system. He played piano & sang to the tracks mostly stuff from side one of AWATS. 2nd half was the full band. I would later work for Chris Andersen, his FOH sound guy back then.
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HollyRT:

@G the reviews say it's very funny
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Jackie G:

Sir Squire!! The best! We all love Chris Squire. right?
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Handy Haversack:

I saw Yes in like 1992? 1993? Amphitheater tour. And I saw Marillion, but after Fish had left. Around 1992 also. High school!
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P-90:

LOVE for “Hold out Your Hand”. Features Yes men Patrick Moraz and Bill Bruford.
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Dean:

Saw Yes in '75, '76, and '77. Long Beach, Las Vegas, somewhere else I can't recall...
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Niall:

Earnest question: was Argent considered prog? I know the Zombies very well, but I don't know Argent beyond that one terrific "Hold Your Head Up" song.
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Jackie G:

Chris Squire has a cool Christmas album too. Listen to that bass!
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mic_a:

For all the girls I knew, Todd's latex jumpsuits were their favorite feature of that tour.
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SeaCreature:

76 Yes was a wild stage set. Roosevelt Stadium in JC
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dday:

Only saw YES once 1973 MSG . Horrible venue for sound. Anderson,Howe,Squire,Wakeman (cape included heee hee),and White. Topographic Ocenas Tour
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dale:

thanks mister deejay. look forward to this show weekly.
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dday:

Heavily tube compressed (see Tool)
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SeanG:

saw Yes on the Big Generator tour and ran into Chris Squire outside an REM show on the Green tour
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Handy Haversack:

Many thanks, Dave! Really excited for the show and your knowledge as a Virgil through the Progferno!

MANDLPROG! MANDLPROG! MANDLPROG!

Later on, all.
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P-90:

Squire not only THE premiere Prog bass player, but also one of the most influential English bass players of the 60’s/70’s, period.
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Niall:

Night, @Handy!
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dday:

Tony Levin is a player :)
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glomag:

@say same. They were a little sloppy. Especially Howe. But enjoyable. Saw Gentle Giant a number of times and Genesis with Gabriel. Great stuff.
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SeaCreature:

That was actually filmed,boss not live
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Listener Jonny in South Central... (Ohio):

(1) Dave, you are now my new best friend.
(2) Chris Squire is the reason i play bass, and why I play the way i do. My first "band crush" was Yes in 7th grade on the mid80s.
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mic_a:

There wasn't much prog on US tv back in the day, either.
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P-90:

Yes, there’s an early “music video” of “Hold out Ypur Hand”
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Handy Haversack:

Cheers, Niall!
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glomag:

Bless Robert Wyatt
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glomag:

Great show Dave!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJ DaveMandl ~
Truly bitchen to have you on the Schedule.
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Old Dave:

Thanks for this
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Niall:

@Listener Jonny in South Central... (Ohio): "Heart of the Sunrise," definitely a reference for me.
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mic_a:

Thanks Dave.
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Will thee Sound Guy:

Thank you Dave!!!
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Webhamster Henry:

13 is easier than you'd think: 123 123 123 12 12
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Andres:

Great show! Thanks!
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HollyRT:

Great show, Dave!!
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Dave Mandl:

Night, everyone! And thanks.
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TomDash:

looking forward to the new journey...
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chresti:

Thanks Dave!
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P-90:

Thanks Dave!
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glomag:

See yaz
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C in Thailand:

Thank you for the show, Dave!
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dday:

Is Ken going to recite the radio station accounting logs for us?
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P-90:

Kinda scared of what Ken has to say…
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Webhamster Henry:

Nice to have you out of retirement DaveM!
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Niall:

ENDE NEU
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?:

Behind the eight ball means you’re in a tight spot.

Go prog.

Pledge from Santa Monica…. Thanks!
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alan the painter:

Ken you are the best! n'so funny egged on by the oNe wit thee one eL!
Thank you both MUCH, we love U!
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Webhamster Henry:

You COULD make material available as PDFs though for home printing.
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Pandie_Red:

Thanks so much for making my Prog dreams come true!
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Will:

7/11/23: Looking back: Best show of your series, Dave. Proggiest too, in the classic sense.
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