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<item><title>Progressiveears has seen better days</title><description><![CDATA[Topic started by GG123 &mdash; It's been a good two decades and a half run for Progressiveears but its best days are over. A lot of times it can't be accessed and when it can it is very slow. Guests can no longer read it, only those who create an account can. And it's the same couple dozen people talking among themselves while ignoring everyone else. And most of the most active threads have nothing to do with progressive rock or music in general. All good things must come to an end. Maybe the end has come for that website.]]></description><link>http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=135467&amp;FID=3</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 18:42:53 EST</pubDate><guid>http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=135467&amp;FID=3</guid></item>
<item><title>Response to the new Wippy Bonstack release</title><description><![CDATA[Topic started by BrufordFreak &mdash; Dear Ben, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I'm sorry, Ben, but your decision to write, perform, and publish Wippy Bonstack music that does not include your wonderful voice, amazing talent for syncopated yet-melodic delivery, and incredible gift for lyric writing is unforgivable to me. It's tantamount to a betrayal. Over the past two-and-a-half years I've gone back, again and again, to listen to 22 precisely for the gift you give: your winning lyrics and vocals imbedded so perfectly within your extraordinary instrumental talents (not to mention the precocious compositional abilities). To me, the experience of listening to Tactile Demons is not unlike what I might expect were I to hear ELP without Keith's keyboards, Yes without Jon Anderson, Mahavishnu Orchestra without John McLaughlin, The JB's without James Brown, the film Purple Rain without Prince, or Stevie Wonder without any vocals, Allan Holdsworth without any vocals (I love his singing voice!), Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis' Janet. without Janet Jackson, an instrumental version of Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience, like an Eyeless Owl! and I could go on and on. My point is: the music is still great--exactly the kind of performative and compositional virtuosity we were all expecting, it's just missing that personal "hook" provided by your words, your voice, your vocal stylings! And it hurts! Your vocals are such an enjoyable, essential aspect of the songs of 22! I know I couldn't imagine liking 22 so much, returning to it half as often as I do, were it an all-instrumental album. Sun Colored Chair, Eyeless Owl, In-Dreamview, The Filibuster Saloon, and even WYXZ all manage to satisfy my awe and appreciation for you and your brother and collaborators' compositional and instrumental skill and creative prowess. But I need Wippy to be different! I need Wippy for his young, emotional, vulnerable humanity: for the real and flawed person who tries (imperfectly--like ALL of us!) to express himself through words and voice!  I'll await your upcoming post of Tactile Demons with the lyrical components fully imbedded.  MOST sincerely, One of your biggest (and most viciously-honest) admirers (still),  Drew Fisher      So, what do you think of Ben Coniguliaro's new Wippy Bonstack release?   ]]></description><link>http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=135419&amp;FID=3</link><pubDate>Sat, 9 Aug 2025 14:39:08 EST</pubDate><guid>http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=135419&amp;FID=3</guid></item>
<item><title>Concerts you got kicked out of....</title><description><![CDATA[Topic started by Disconnect &mdash; Only one for me....  Metallica - August 11, 1989, Freedom Hall Civic Center, Johnson City TN  That day started off well enough.  Met up with some friends around noon, started drinking whiskey.  At some point, I convinced myself how much more awesome my buzz would be if I didn't bother to eat.  Just keep making with the whiskey.  The Cult opened that night.  I was removed by security after their set.  I had been sitting on a cement stairway between where the seats were....and puking my spleen out for the better part of 45 minutes.  The entire cement stairway below where I was sitting was the victim both my whiskey adventure and gravity.  It was all covered in sick.  In my defense, I was 18 the time.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Disconnect2025-08-08 11:51:01]]></description><link>http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=135415&amp;FID=3</link><pubDate>Fri, 8 Aug 2025 17:49:57 EST</pubDate><guid>http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=135415&amp;FID=3</guid></item>
<item><title>Concerts you've walked out of....</title><description><![CDATA[Topic started by Disconnect &mdash; I admit I've done it a few times...for both prog and non-prog acts.  PROG:  Steven Wilson - 11/27/18, Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY Dream Theater - 3/17/25, Kodak Center, Rochester, NY  NON-PROG:  Elvis Costello - 7/8/2023, Landmark Theater, Syracuse, NY Ben Folds - 11/8/2024, State Theater, Ithaca, NY  ]]></description><link>http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=135412&amp;FID=3</link><pubDate>Fri, 8 Aug 2025 14:07:04 EST</pubDate><guid>http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=135412&amp;FID=3</guid></item>
<item><title>What is REALLY new in the world of Prog Rock??</title><description><![CDATA[Topic started by cstack3 &mdash; Folks, I listen to many of your recommendations, and cherish your knowledge of music!   I'm searching for new, innovative prog....much of what I hear is derivative ("they sound like Yes" etc.)    I've never been able to connect with Magma, who were certainly innovative....  Prog seems to be very formulaic.  Drummer, bass player, guitarist, keyboard player, vocalist.  This formula only rarely seems to be broken (Fripp's use of three drummers in King Crimson was brilliant!)  What else ya got?  Who is shattering boundaries?  I look forward to a very active thread!   Thank you, Charles ]]></description><link>http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=135390&amp;FID=3</link><pubDate>Mon, 4 Aug 2025 20:50:47 EST</pubDate><guid>http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=135390&amp;FID=3</guid></item>
<item><title>Post-Magician's Birthday Heep</title><description><![CDATA[Topic started by DoobieBrother6 &mdash; Always been leery of exploring later Uriah Heep territory.  They get real ugly, no?  Can you recommend any TRACKS that don't come out feeling AOR/stadium-fodder?]]></description><link>http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=135367&amp;FID=3</link><pubDate>Fri, 1 Aug 2025 19:15:46 EST</pubDate><guid>http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=135367&amp;FID=3</guid></item>
<item><title>RIP Chuck Mangione</title><description><![CDATA[Topic started by Disconnect &mdash; I know he's not prog, but I was a fan and I wager there are more than a few here at PA as well.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I just found out today that he passed away 2 days ago at his home in Rochester, NY.  I live only 2 hours away from Rochester so I was equally shocked that I didn't know until today.  https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2025/07/24/chuck-mangione-dies-famed-trumpeter-and-composer-was-84/85357708007/]]></description><link>http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=135323&amp;FID=3</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 19:57:01 EST</pubDate><guid>http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=135323&amp;FID=3</guid></item>
<item><title>RIP Ozzy Osbourne</title><description><![CDATA[Topic started by Disconnect &mdash;     https://apnews.com/article/ozzy-osbourne-dies-adff88b55f1d3b0bace5705d58d3cddeDisconnect2025-07-22 12:30:07]]></description><link>http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=135299&amp;FID=3</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 18:29:09 EST</pubDate><guid>http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=135299&amp;FID=3</guid></item>
<item><title>Weirdest Album by the Big Six</title><description><![CDATA[Topic started by Steve Wyzard &mdash; Some time ago there was a "Weirdest Album You've Ever Heard" thread with lots of very obscure titles receiving a mention. If we narrowed the topic down to just the "Big Six", which albums would you nominate for their weirdest? And before anyone comes back and says, "Define weird", let's just take for granted that it means different things to different people and go from there. My choices:  1. YES - Tales from Topographic Oceans (although I'm wondering if anyone will mention Open Your Eyes).  2. GENESIS - When I first heard The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway as a teenager, I thought it was very weird. Today I would say either Trespass or Nursery Cryme.  3. E.L.P. - Some will say Brain Salad Surgery or Pictures at an Exhibition, but I will put forward Tarkus, if only for Side 2.  4. PINK FLOYD - Piper at the Gates of Dawn (for Syd).  5. KING CRIMSON - Islands, just for being very different. I would also mention A Scarcity of Miracles, but Fripp insists that's not really Crimson.  6. JETHRO TULL - I am emphatically NOT a fan of this band. I've heard bits and pieces over the years, but so very little that I cannot honestly contribute a suggestion for weird.]]></description><link>http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=135261&amp;FID=3</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2025 17:03:36 EST</pubDate><guid>http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=135261&amp;FID=3</guid></item>
<item><title>Need to know moog sound</title><description><![CDATA[Topic started by Rectangel &mdash; People, who knows how Omega band got the Moog synth sound from 2:50 to 3:15 in M]]>&#65533;<![CDATA[zgo vil]]>&#65533;<![CDATA[g song? Link:  https://youtu.be/rRcZ2iOofUE?si=MaXbBGTfntUGo9UW  I think it's very amazing sound and I wanna get it in program on PC  RegardsRectangel2025-07-11 08:46:28]]></description><link>http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=135221&amp;FID=3</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 14:45:51 EST</pubDate><guid>http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=135221&amp;FID=3</guid></item>


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