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An hour of prog and prog-adjacent music.

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Yes  Five Percent for Nothing   Favoriting Fragile  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
 
Jumbo  Via Larga   Favoriting Vietato Ai Minori Di 18 Anni?  0:01:39 (Pop-up)
Companyia Elèctrica Dharma  L'Oucomballa   Favoriting L'Oucomballa  0:09:04 (Pop-up)
 
Floral  Marsh Partition   Favoriting The Second Floral  0:22:39 (Pop-up)
Faraquet  Sea Song   Favoriting The View from This Tower  0:25:57 (Pop-up)
Massacre  Killing Time   Favoriting Killing Time  0:30:16 (Pop-up)
 
Genesis  Dance on a Volcano   Favoriting Trick of the Tail  0:37:00 (Pop-up)
Doctor Nerve  NerveWare No. 2   Favoriting Beta 14 OK  0:42:46 (Pop-up)
Albert Marcoeur  La D'Dans   Favoriting Album à Colorier  0:48:34 (Pop-up)
 
Carmen  Fandangos in Space   Favoriting Fandangos in Space  0:55:44 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Wendy del Formaggio:

Yay! I get to listen live! Hello, Dave Mandl. Hello, everyone else.
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Will thee Sound Guy:

Hi Dave and all!!!
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dale:

hey now prognosticators.
  7:01pm
pot8o:

hi!
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TDK60:

Hello, Complex Jockey of Discs, Dave.
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Handy Haversack:

It's go time!

MANDLPROG! MANDLPROG! MANDLPROG!
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Kat in Chicago:

Let's get prognoxious
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chresti:

Hi Dave and complicated music show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...forget the Jabberwock my son
- it's - the MANDLPRAWG.
  7:03pm
Jackie G:

Oh boy. Oh boy. Prog shop-talk
  7:03pm
castor:

there's no J in Italian, so it would be just jumbo like in English
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Dave Mandl:

Good evening and welcome, friends.
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Mister Dobalina:

It's pronounced Jambo. bit.ly... Click the lil speaker to hear so.
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dday:

www.howtopronounce.com...
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Carmichael:

Frumious MandlPrawg.
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Dave Mandl:

@Mister D: Thanks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:05pm
dale:

they had a mellotron so i'm cool.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Just imagine the progibilities!
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Carmichael:

Jambo Be There.
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Mister Dobalina:

No problems, Mr D.
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Dave Mandl:

@dale: Of course they did.
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StringOFperils:

Jumboprongicus Rex
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dday:

Where's Jambi ?
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chresti:

Not ridiculously fast..
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Carmichael:

Mara Laga
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HollyRT:

Hi gang!! Hey Dave!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

And yet the Jumbotron is not even a musical instrument. 😕
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dale:

love jumbo.i need to go back to prog archives.com and just start poking around.
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Dave Mandl:

Hey Holly, Carmichael, chresti, dday, String, Mister D., Ken, dale, castor, Jackie, RRN63, Kat, Handy, TDK60, Will, Formaggio!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:09pm
Handy Haversack:

It means Long Road. Strap in!
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dday:

Hey Dave
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ultradamno:

I did a poll, and No beat Yes twitter.com...
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HyperDose:

Beatniks and slam poets rejoice!
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Handy Haversack:

It means "The Oucomballa." Strap in!
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Kat in Chicago:

Surprising No one
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chresti:

This is nicely recorded drums/percussion.
  7:11pm
Pax:

♪ Dave can't use the pump because the vandals took the Mandel - I mean, the Handle ♪
  7:12pm
mic_a:

Ahh, I'm late for the Italian set. Hello and thanks, Dave.
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dday:

This has a Zappa/Mothers feel (with Chester Thompson, George Duke & Co.)
  7:15pm
Jackie G:

See? Prog is comparable to jazz. Both great musicianship.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:16pm
ultradamno:

Now I want to hear The Muffins
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The Count of Al Dente:

Round two. Howdy y'all! The giant latke is cooking now.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:16pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

McLauglin stylee gittar maybe. Little bit. Yeah somewhat Fusiony.
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StringOFperils:

Mahavishnu Orchestra/Return to Forever esque ?
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Dave Mandl:

@ultradamno: I'll be playing the Muffins at some point!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:17pm
StringOFperils:

...yet more Gong mushroomy
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

John *McLaugHlin ...bad speller & worse typist I am.
  7:18pm
G:

Been out of town for a couple of Mondays. Los Angeles, Shreveport. Exciting. Gotta catch up on two archives now.
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Carmichael:

This sounds like Camel, one of the Rhyader pieces.
  7:20pm
Pax:

I was thinking it sounds like a combo of the Dead and the Byrd's ala jazz.
  7:21pm
castor:

diciotto = 18
  7:22pm
G:

The Italian album title is “Prohibited to Minors Under 18.” Commonly seen in Italy.
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Miss G:

That was fantastic Dave Mandl! How do you pronounce Qatar?! Would you like to know how often people (even my own parents) mangle the pronunciation of my name? Look forward to prog archives!
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Mister Dobalina:

No noise rock?
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chresti:

Math Rock, huh.
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Carmichael:

How hard is it to pronounce "G"?
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member 7:23pm
Elena:

Fred Frith doing prog rock, interesting
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HyperDose:

Sounds like a Dance Gavin Dance riff 😍
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Miss G:

Carmichael, if you were saying "Qatar," you might see that "G" is not all it seems! *L*
  7:24pm
Jackie G:

There are many ways to pronounce Qatar. Even the people who live in Qatar pronounce Qatar differently.
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chresti:

I'm getting confused and lost track of whats what.
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Miss G:

OK to throw in, did it be discussed? Looks so interesting! <A brand new four CD or seven LP box set, Intrigue: Progressive Sounds In UK Alternative Music 1979-89, curated by Steven Wilson, will be released through Edel/Demon Records on February 10> it's like post-punk and prog. All the Ps! Make them give you one for fund drive, wow! www.loudersound.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:25pm
lazy pierogi:

sounds a lot like Tera Melos
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Wendy del Formaggio:

Did Dave just say, "This is the most rockin' piece of music I've ever heard in 7/4 time"?
Reasons Why I Love WFMU, Example [infinity].
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:26pm
Handy Haversack:

How're things up your way, Wendy?
  7:26pm
Cooh John:

Hello Dave and progers.
  7:27pm
Peter from Boonton formerly Dover NJ:

Loving the show, Dave. as always, you're spinning rekkids that I haven't picked up myself.

everyone out there, enjoy the holiday.
  7:27pm
tim from washington:

Hi Dave and everyone! I’m happy to be listening. Some go for prog rock, some go for math rock but stay away from meth rock. Meth rock gets expensive, it’s bad for your teeth and you feel guilty after your journey down that path.
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BLCKDGRD:

Thanks! I knew you'd get to math rock at some point, glad it's tonight!
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Dave Mandl:

@Wendy I said that exactly. I'm sure you'll agree.
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HollyRT:

What was the big math rock bank of the mid-90s? Slint?
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Dave Mandl:

@Holly: There were loads.
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Wendy del Formaggio:

Hey Handy! Really effin' cold really effin' suddenly. I'm still getting used to climate control in the new house. That said, I'm happy to be here, and life is good. You?
  7:28pm
Noel:

Does Throwing Muses’ album Hunkpapa count as Math Rock? There’s some really good stuff on it.
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HollyRT:

Liked that Floral piece. Very scrolly. Lots of curlicues
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Kat in Chicago:

Noel, def a good album, never thought of it that way but maybe?
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Dave Mandl:

@Holly: Yeah!
  7:30pm
Pax:

I'll take a stab at it and butcher it and say Qatar = Kay-tar?
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Handy Haversack:

Fast freeze here, too. Toes are cold, kittens are wild. Bit of a rough time last weekend, but this one was much more uplifting. Though still unaccustomedly cold! Who knew winter was still a thing?
  7:31pm
Jackie G:

Turning, spinning, Katherine wheeling.
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Handy Haversack:

Pax: I think it's technically more like "Gutter."
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dale:

forever changing, there's no beginning.
turning through a charcoal sky.
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Kat in Chicago:

Warming up a bit here but I bought a parka this weekend cuz I think it's gonna be a cold one
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Yetz:

I think this is the 7/4 one, Wendy
  7:32pm
Jackie G:

Hope its Qa-tar, like guitar.
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Dave Mandl:

@Yetz: Yes.
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Yetz:

@Elena - Frith's first band Henry Cow was pretty damn proggy, people also call it Avant-Prog, and the label Rock in Opposition is applied as well.
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dale:

i bought a battery powered heated vest for motorcycle riding in winter and think i need to wear it indoors too.
  7:33pm
Pax:

@HH: I'll go with that.
  7:33pm
Jackie G:

Good, dale!
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Yetz:

dave: Is this from the original release or the reissue? IRRC the original was slight off-speed which got corrected on the reissue.
  7:34pm
Jackie G:

Killing Time is smart. And really good
  7:34pm
Noel:

I just bought a cassette-replacement CD of Hunkpapa last week. I should attempt to figure out those time signatures.
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ultradamno:

Did Frith do anything that wasn't at least somewhat proggy?
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dale:

maybe it's killing time signatures.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:35pm
StringOFperils:

Surgically dismantling time
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Yetz:

Later Massacre had Charles Hayward on drums and was even more awesome IMO
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PaulRobeson1922:

Kill Kill Kill
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Wendy del Formaggio:

I cannot identify time signatures other than 4/4 and the waltz one to save my life. But I know when something IS NOT in those time signatures. So, I appreciate anyone who can tell me.
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chresti:

There's something non-musical about massacre
  7:35pm
Jackie G:

Frith played on an Eno album or two.
  7:35pm
JetBoy of Astoria:

Hi all - Massacre I liked, good stuff
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:35pm
PaulRobeson1922:

Kill, Kill, Kill for peace..
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Yetz:

ultradamno: right but with Fred it's a lovely lighthearded humorous type of prog, without the pretensiousness that gives much of the genre a bad name. he's so damn playful. absolute musical hero of mine.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
StringOFperils:

It's in weird Bulgarian time-signatures
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SeaCreature:

Frith solo guitar was wonderful.
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ultradamno:

There's some great footage on the you tubes of Skeleton Crew in which Tom Cora is reading while the song is going on, and that's pretty darn prog (and kind of one-upping PiL on American Bandstand)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:37pm
Handy Haversack:

The time signature? It's from Canada. You wouldn't know it.
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chresti:

I like learning what different time signatures sound like
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Kat in Chicago:

me too chresti!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:38pm
Wendy del Formaggio:

Me three, Chresti!
  7:38pm
mic_a:

Fred! Back in the 1970s he did a series of columns for NME about "Great Rock Solos Of Our Time". I had a devil of a time scaring up a PDF online a few years ago, but I did, and maybe it's still out there somewhere.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:38pm
Kat in Chicago:

oh yeah this one. I haven't thought about A Trick of the Tail in a while.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

@Wendy: I may be up to 5/4 - as in 'Take Five' by Brubeck: 1-2-3, 4-5...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:38pm
joe mulligan:

love this intro riff.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:38pm
Handy Haversack:

I like knowing that there are people around who are more competent than I am and can ID them for me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:38pm
StringOFperils:

You can learn to clap time signatures. It's educational and it will drive you nuts.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:38pm
dale:

prince ripped off this opening for take me with u
  7:39pm
JetBoy of Astoria:

I was thinking of sheila b too, along with dreading genesis
  7:39pm
djsheilab:

You bet I’m listening!! And thank you for the shout-out and for Phil Collins-on-vocals-era Genesis!
  7:39pm
Jackie G:

Yeah, that first Genesis album without Peter Gabriel was all right.
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Dave Mandl:

@djsheilab: <3
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Yetz:

no idea what time signature that "Floral" was in but Killing Time was not hard to count out
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Yetz:

one trick is instead of trying to use numbers and say "one two three four" just drum your fingers along to the beat, going back to your index finger on the strong beat
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Yetz:

or whatever finger you start on. anyhow gotta run now, going out to dinner, love the show Dave, I'll be back next week for more fun.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Have I mentioned Genesis strike me as being like KingCrimson before puberty? I mean - this week... (Not a total dis btw.)
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BLCKDGRD:

I'll take Car, Scratch, Melt, Security
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:42pm
Handy Haversack:

Yay, Sheila!
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StringOFperils:

It's Yes wanting to turn into Ultravox
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PaulRobeson1922:

Stay warm, Yetz! U need a scarf?
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Kat in Chicago:

Hahaaa SOp
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PaulRobeson1922:

Old pair of Gloves I found in the woods?
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Handy Haversack:

Gotta go start chopping stuff. Thanks, Dave! Will be listening on the Bathroom Boombox from the kitchen.
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dday:

Having seen Phil Collins drumming with Genesis, up close, numerous times between 73 & 75, I can attest to the fact that he was an amazing drummer. An absolute machine
  7:43pm
JetBoy of Astoria:

This was unexpected.
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PaulRobeson1922:

A 45 pistol?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Phil = Drummer - undisputed.
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dale:

better than neil peart dday?
  7:43pm
Pax:

Enjoy your Din Din Yetz Bobz
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StringOFperils:

Phil's two Brand X albums ain't too shabby.
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Dave Mandl:

@String: Fact.
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dday:

I saw Neil as well...in 82...surrounded by drums & things of every type..Phil could play like he did, on a small kit..I'll go with Phil
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PaulRobeson1922:

Going on means Going out. going out means going far and going far means returning
  7:46pm
Jackie G:

Are The Lounge Lizards considered Prog?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:46pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Another in 5/4 : 'River Man' by NickDrake. Notably noted by Ian MacDonald in 'Exiled From Heaven'.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:46pm
PaulRobeson1922:

How about the gun, yetz! I trust you, u don’t need to ask just take it whenever
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ultradamno:

Maybe some form of fusion postpunk jazz, though I'd just say jazz. Same for the more underappreciated Universal Congress Of
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dday:

Too many labels..as it says on SM Ken's T Shirt "Trust Us...It's Music" :)
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ultradamno:

Flying Luttenbachers could get into some prog adjacent areas though
  7:49pm
Noel:

Some of the signatures on Kate Bush’s The Sensual World might be Bulgarian. There are mind-blowing Bulgarian ladies singing on it.
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StringOFperils:

^^ dday : exactamundo
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Gotta give it up for Bulgarian ladysingers.
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PaulRobeson1922:

@Yetz: wfmu.org...
  7:51pm
Jackie G:

...just for the sake of argument.

The Sensual World is the first CD I bought.
  7:53pm
Dean:

Yes twice on WFMU in a day!
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ultradamno:

I would never argue that you bought anything else before that.
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HollyRT:

He's great!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

The Consensual World is the first CD we bought together.
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ultradamno:

Dot Dash!
  7:55pm
Dean:

Again, a one-hour prog show...does not compute.
  7:56pm
Dean:

It's like a one-hour opera show. A physical impossibility.
  7:56pm
Jackie G:

Less is more. So to speak
  7:56pm
mic_a:

I forgot that.
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HyperDose:

Tom Dash is okay in my book. We'll try not to give him too hard of a time ;)
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Summer and Michael and Sylvia:

Great stuff, as ever, Dave! Have a great T'day!!
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ultradamno:

There's no rationale that puts The Grateful Dead as prog, right?
  7:57pm
bleubombersune:

Dave Thanks for the great music I saw Carmen open for Jethro Tull at the Nassau Coliseum
  7:57pm
Jackie G:

Right!
  7:57pm
mic_a:

Thanks Dave! Have a good off-week! 'Night all.
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Dave Mandl:

@bleu: I was at that show.
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dday:

John Glasscock's brother Brian was a damn good drummer as well
  7:58pm
Noel:

Kate B is the only person I can remember about whom John Leyden ever said nice things.
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HollyRT:

Night all
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Melotronica
  7:58pm
Jackie G:

This was a fun hour. Thanks, Dave.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, Dave. Your new show has paved the way for Jim Price to start playing Sumerian rock.
  7:59pm
pot8o:

thanks!
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PaulRobeson1922:

Great show
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dale:

thanks dave mandl! this is a groovy show. not another like it.
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Dave Mandl:

Thanks, folks. You're the best. See you in two weeks.
  7:59pm
Dean:

Carmen was impressive, one of those prog bands with a special conceit, not mere symphonic over-the-topness. Kinda like Gentle Giant or Gryphon.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJ DaveMandl ~
Enjoy not being here.
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StringOFperils:

John Lydon did drop that Kate Bush anecdote about his mum saying 'that singer that sounds like someone drowning cats' or something to that effect
  8:00pm
Dean:

Or, I suppose, Magma.
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Elena:

Thanks!
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chresti:

Thanks Dave!
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StringOFperils:

Thanks Dave!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Lydon's musical tastes (@ least) are not narrow.
  8:01pm
Noel:

Lol
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TDK60:

Thank ye for the tunes, Dave.
  8:01pm
P-90:

Another worthy edition, Dave
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Lizardner Dave !:

This show is now my #1 go to archive listen every week. Thanks Dave!
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