Category Archives: prog

Tyranny of Beauty in an Ambient Tangerine Dream

Posted on 16 January 2012 by spinhead

he idea of progressive rock appeals to me. Take elements of classical and jazz and blend them into some variation of rock and make it, well, progressive. Since it requires composing, arranging, and performing skills beyond that of 3-chord blues … Continue reading →

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Strange Wonderful Crimson King

Posted on 16 December 2011 by spinhead

painted one side of the white paper liner: a walled pond in a garden with three paths approaching and crossing from different directions; all very Seussian and psychedelic. King Crimson’s music is not an acquired taste. I don’t think it’s … Continue reading →

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Yes Buggles Drama

Posted on 6 November 2008 by spinhead

uggles central characters Trevor Horn, vocalist, and Geoff Downes, keyboard player, were recording next door to Chris Squire, Steve Howe, and Alan White while they were recording the beginnings of the Yes album Drama. Horn and Downes were invited to fill the gaps left by Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman, who were busy elsewhere.As much as I love Yes, oddly enough Drama is one of my favorites. The Buggles brought just enough difference to spark some amazing stuff. Continue reading →

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Yes Rabin Talk

Posted on 5 November 2007 by spinhead

ive years ago my oldest son and I worked together. During our hour-long commute to and from work every day, we were constantly looking for new music to share. I just rediscovered one of our prizes yesterday.Both big fans of Yes, we heard Open Your Eyes and Talk the same day. Somehow, I confuse the names in my mind because I absorbed them over the same short period. Continue reading →

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Link Death

Posted on 3 December 2002 by spinhead

ink rot is a web phenomenon whereby links from one site to others begin to fail over time due to changes in the target sites.I’m about to introduce link assassination. Since I have to remove all my CDNow links, but haven’t had time to get all the Amazon.com links, I’m going to just kill them until I have the time. Continue reading →

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