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Yes  Five Percent for Nothing   Favoriting Fragile  0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
Quella Vecchia Locanda  Il Tempo della Gioia   Favoriting Il Tempo della Gioia  0:01:49 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
Beach Boys  Symphony   Favoriting 1974 Release  0:10:42 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
Harmonium  Dupuis l'Automne   Favoriting Si On Avait Besoin d'Une Cinquieme Saison  0:18:18 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
Lingyuan Yang  Ritual Fire   Favoriting Cursed Month  0:31:25 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
Happy Family  Pygmalion   Favoriting 4037  0:43:48 (MP3 | Pop-up)
 
Lunophone  Aduantas   Favoriting Surroundings  0:51:52 (MP3 | Pop-up)
Mike Keneally  The Velvet of Knowing   Favoriting Wooden Smoke Asleep  0:56:00 (MP3 | Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 6:27pm
ultradamno:

Dave! Mandl Hordes!
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Troy:

Beam me up Mandl!
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Mark T:

Hello Dave
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Coach32sm:

Complicate me NOW!!!!
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:01pm
ultradamno:

It's interesting 'gaslighting' started with someone basically turning down the lights a little
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Mark T:

Fellow Proggers 🐠🐟
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:01pm
Folsom:

The man without scandal, Dave Mandl!
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Deano de los Muertos:

Howdy Dave..your band has been getting a lot of play on the station past week
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bleubombersune:

Dave and all Progolytes good evening
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Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

Dave, fellow prog lovers.
  7:02pm
Tom from Stirling:

On that note, let's do some prog music!
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:02pm
HollyRT:

Dave, gang
  7:02pm
nkLottery (Dave):

Settling in. Happy progging
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Dave Mandl:

Hey there, folks. Thanks for joining the festivities.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:02pm
chresti:

Hi Dave Mandl complicated show!
Avatar ♥ 7:03pm
Dave Mandl:

↳ Deano de los Muertos @7:01
Huh. I had no idea. Been away from the radio, coincidentally.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:03pm
Will thee SG OCNY:

Good evening Dave Mandl and all!!!
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chris in the redwoods:

Italo-prog. magnifico!
ciao, Dave e amici!
  7:04pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ Song: "Il Tempo della Gioia" by "Quella Vecchia Locanda"
Italians know how to do prog music, that's for sure. And such a beautiful language.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:04pm
Chris in Kensington Bklyn:

Hi Dave and all!
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:04pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Song: "Il Tempo della Gioia" by "Quella Vecchia Locanda"
Prog with meatballs!
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:04pm
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Dave Mandl @7:03
Dave, Evan Funk Davies played yer band on the radio this morning. But being an old fart,I can't remember the name? And, are you on Bandcamp?
Avatar 🤯 ♥ 7:05pm
erictheise:

good afternoon/evening, fellow complicators.
Avatar ♥ 7:05pm
Dave Mandl:

Hey there ultradamno, Troy, Mark, Coach, Folsom, Deano, bleubombersune, Peter, Tom, Holly, nkLottery, chresti, Will, chris.
Avatar ♥ 7:05pm
Mark T:

↳ Song: "Il Tempo della Gioia" by "Quella Vecchia Locanda"
Wow! That jumped into and Italian King Crimson at warp speed!😮
Avatar ♥ 7:05pm
Dave Mandl:

Also, upper-case Chris and erictheise.
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Charles in Chicago:

↳ Mark T @7:05
Re Crimisi
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Dave Mandl:

And Ken.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:06pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @7:04
Mamma mia!
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Dave Mandl:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:04
Yes, but I don't feel comfortable talking about it here. That band has a new CD out.
Avatar ♥ 7:06pm
Charles in Chicago:

↳ Charles in Chicago @7:05
(or something like that)
Avatar 🤯 ♥ 7:07pm
Coach32sm:

Some people “Cried Like a Baby” not knowing if “Julie Do You love Me” but as Ralph Cramden said, “Easy Come, Easy Go” well not quite that, but anyway RIP Bobby Sherman
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:08pm
dale:

hey now. dave - serge fiori of quebecois group harmonium has left the building. don't know if in some upcoming week you could spin something from them....if they are to your liking, which goes without saying.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:08pm
ultradamno:

A couple of other woof moo personalities have a band with a new record out discreetcharms.bandcamp.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:08pm
StringOFperils:

↳ dale @7:08
L'Heptade: Great album
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:09pm
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Dave Mandl @7:06
May I message you thru woof moo
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:11pm
dale:

↳ StringOFperils @7:08
i have two vinyl copies and cd as well.
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Dave Mandl:

↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @7:09
Sure. Or davem@wfmu.org
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Dave Mandl:

↳ dale @7:08
You just might hear something by them tonight.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:12pm
dale:

↳ Dave Mandl @7:11
fantastic!
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:12pm
Webhamster Henry:

Not prog, but the late Lalo Schifrin's Mission: Impossible is in 5/4. Just sayin'
Avatar ♥ 7:12pm
Dave Mandl:

↳ Webhamster Henry @7:12
Of course. Probably the second-most-famous piece of music in 5/4.
  7:13pm
Kevin:

I think Murry Wilson might have had some things to say about this recording.
Avatar ♥ 7:14pm
Dave Mandl:

↳ Kevin @7:13
Ha. It's both up Murry's alley and not.
  7:15pm
cory(@ work):

someone in the Beach Boys bought a Pink Floyd album
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:17pm
PaulRobeson1925:

↳ Song: "Symphony" by "Beach Boys"
Some melancholy in there
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:18pm
ultradamno:

↳ Song: "Symphony" by "Beach Boys"
By the way, a couple of weeks ago Devon E Levins did a Brian Wilson tribute. The link that was on the East Village Radio page went to a mixcloud page that locked the content for whatever reason, it is now on soundcloud and does play soundcloud.com...
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:18pm
dale:

le cinq saisons?
  7:19pm
mic_a:

Hello Dave and proggistics! My 24/7 caregiver life has jumped up a few notches, so I'll be checking out of chats for the time being. Thanks Dave! I'll still be listening, probably moreso in the archives. Best wishes all. Keep it complicated, kiddies!
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:19pm
dale:

yesh.....or oui.
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Dave Mandl:

↳ mic_a @7:19
@mic_a: Take care!
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(Dave):

Love this album so much. The mellotron bits are excellent
Avatar 7:23pm
nkLottery (Dave):

5 seasons, 5 songs and 5 different moods
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Dave Mandl:

↳ (Dave) @7:22
Loads of Mellotron.
Avatar ♥ 7:24pm
Dave Mandl:

↳ cory(@ work) @7:15
Haha. I wouldn't rule that out.
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Troy:

↳ Song: "Dupuis l'Automne" by "Harmonium"
This track is like a refreshing summer breeze.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:24pm
dale:

back around 1991 or so i woke up at 5 am on a saturday morning to drive upstate from brooklyn. and fmu deejay was playing an entire side of maneige's album libre service. i had to call the number and just yammer how my mind was blown that someone else knew of it.
Avatar 🤯 ♥ 7:25pm
Coach32sm:

Real nice!!!
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Mark T:

What an incredible show tonight
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Dave Mandl:

↳ dale @7:24
Sounds like a very FMU moment.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:25pm
StringOFperils:

I think Genesis may have been influential in forming this band's sensibility. That band was huge in Quebec.
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drumbone:

↳ Song: "Dupuis l'Automne" by "Harmonium"
this is really nice. Not complicated, but that's not a complaint.
Avatar ♥ 7:26pm
Dave Mandl:

↳ StringOFperils @7:25
Ah, that's believable.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:26pm
dale:

i urge everyone to take a dive into l'heptade on youtube sometime.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:26pm
bleubombersune:

Serge won many Felix awards
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:26pm
dale:

↳ Dave Mandl @7:25
yeah, forged a relationship right then.
Avatar 🤯 ♥ 7:29pm
Coach32sm:

↳ Song: "Dupuis l'Automne" by "Harmonium"
Boy that sounded like Greg Lake
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:30pm
ultradamno:

↳ Song: "Symphony" by "Beach Boys"
www.usatoday.com...
  7:32pm
Saltonstall:

Yoik Prog?
  7:32pm
Saltonstall:

Contemporary Rock In Opposition!!!
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:33pm
Folsom:

↳ Song: "Ritual Fire" by "Lingyuan Yang"
This is good, looks like it is released in August.
Avatar ♥ 7:33pm
Dave Mandl:

↳ Folsom @7:33
That's right.
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Troy:

↳ Song: "Ritual Fire" by "Lingyuan Yang"
Man if this isn't the perfect music for spreading Dijon mustard!
Avatar ♥ 7:35pm
Dave Mandl:

↳ Troy @7:35
Gulden's is still my favorite.
  7:36pm
NewK:

This is pretty twistedly hip
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Troy:

↳ Dave Mandl @7:35
can't go wrong with Gulden's!
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:36pm
chresti:

Phillippe's is the best
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:36pm
StringOFperils:

Nirvana for mus tard
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:37pm
Man in the Rolls Royce:

↳ Dave Mandl @7:35
E-gad!
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Dave Mandl:

↳ Man in the Rolls Royce @7:37
ROFL.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:38pm
Folsom:

↳ Dave Mandl @7:35
Colman's is my choice.
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Dave Mandl:

↳ StringOFperils @7:36
Ha, took a minute for me to get that.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:38pm
ultradamno:

I like Private Selection's Spicy Beer mustard
  7:40pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ Song: "Ritual Fire" by "Lingyuan Yang"
I feel bad for the drummer
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:40pm
ultradamno:

Inglehoffer is good too, but always err on the side of brown/spicy over yellow/tangy
  7:41pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ Song: "Ritual Fire" by "Lingyuan Yang"
The more he looks at it
The more he likes it.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:41pm
ultradamno:

Prog is a great genre for drummers who like to make people move a ton of shit
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:41pm
chresti:

Amora moutarde (when in France)
  7:42pm
NewK:

Stonewall Kitchen
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:45pm
Folsom:

↳ Song: "Pygmalion" by "Happy Family"
This is a good song also.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:45pm
chresti:

www.letablierbleu.com...
  7:46pm
tonyb:

Kosciusko Coarse Spicy Brown. (right, Stashu?)
  7:46pm
Hugh Person:

<<the "40" celebrates Cuneiform's milestone anniversary, and the "37" marks the years since the founding of Happy Family. This album stands as a gesture of gratitude towards Cuneiform and its founder, Steve Feigenbaum, who reignited our momentum and inspired this return.>>
  7:46pm
NewK:

Rockin’ - great groove
  7:46pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ Folsom @7:45
Well, the drummer is having a good time.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:47pm
Deano de los Muertos:

↳ Song: "Pygmalion" by "Happy Family"
Sweet
Avatar ♥ 7:47pm
Dave Mandl:

↳ Hugh Person @7:46
Thanks. That's great.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:47pm
Folsom:

↳ chresti @7:45
Extra strong sold out!
Avatar 🤯 ♥ 7:48pm
Coach32sm:

↳ Song: "Pygmalion" by "Happy Family"
Happy Family. I think I ordered that in take out the other day But it didnt sound as good as this, more crunchy though
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:52pm
chresti:

↳ Folsom @7:47
Must be real strong! Wasabi strong
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:52pm
Folsom:

I punched 4037 in my calculator and it makes a happy face.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:53pm
Peter from Saranac Lake NY:

↳ Song: "Pygmalion" by "Happy Family"
Then there's King Crimson's take: "Happy family one hand clap / Four went out and none came back." Allegedly a commentary on the Beatles.
Avatar ♥ 7:53pm
Dave Mandl:

↳ Folsom @7:52
I kind of thought it was something like that, where you turn the calculator upside down and the digits spell a word.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:54pm
HollyRT:

↳ Song: "Aduantas" by "Lunophone"
love this
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:54pm
ultradamno:

Loeh?
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Troy:

Thanks for another great show Dave! Happy grilling to those who partake.
  7:55pm
NewK:

This is sweet. A nice amalgam of various great prog purveyors, but with their own twist & identity.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:55pm
dale:

7734. but the other style of 4.
Avatar ♥ 7:55pm
Dave Mandl:

↳ HollyRT @7:54
I thought of you because of the subtle Stereolab touches.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:55pm
HollyRT:

Leob?
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dale:

thanks dave.
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chresti:

Thanks Dave!
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:56pm
HollyRT:

This reminds me a bit of a friend's band's release a few years ago....I'll send you a link, Dave
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:56pm
StringOFperils:

Time flies when the count is complicated. Whooosh. Thanks Dave!
Avatar ♥ 7:57pm
Mark T:

↳ Charles in Chicago @7:05
lol I stand corrected
Avatar ♥ 7:57pm
Dave Mandl:

This is the last track. Have a great week and a fun Fourth for those who celebrate.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:57pm
Deano de los Muertos:

Winging an overly complicated recipe I made up a few years back
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:57pm
HollyRT:

July 4th can get bent
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Coach32sm:

↳ Song: "The Velvet of Knowing" by "Mike Keneally"
Nice
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:58pm
bleubombersune:

Dave Thanks for the great hour of music. All Progolytes stray safe and be well
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:59pm
HollyRT:

↳ Song: "The Velvet of Knowing" by "Mike Keneally"
lovely
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Coach32sm:

Great show!!Til next month
  7:59pm
tonyb:

Haha Get Bent! My favorite kiss off.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:59pm
Deano de los Muertos:

badass, as always Dave
  7:59pm
NewK:

The great Mike Keneally - this new album is so beautiful!
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:59pm
HollyRT:

great show, Dave!!!
Avatar 🤯 ♥ 8:00pm
drumbone:

great show Dave
  8:00pm
NewK:

Great show Dave
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:00pm
bleubombersune:

Wishing everone for a Happy Canada Day 2morrow
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:01pm
chresti:

the fireworks here will be nuts
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:02pm
chris in the redwoods:

thanks, Dave!
  8:05pm
3796:

"Oh, no... More Science High... It's Dissapeared!" came to mind.
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