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Favoriting January 1, 2024: Two-hour edition of the show this week

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Yes  Five Percent for Nothing   Favoriting Fragile  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
 
Locanda della Fate  Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Più   Favoriting Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Più  0:02:19 (Pop-up)
 
Atoll  Le Voleur d'Extase   Favoriting L'Araignée-Mal  0:13:34 (Pop-up)
 
Aviary  The Sun, the Sand   Favoriting Ambition  0:23:44 (Pop-up)
Toupidek Limonade  Eléonore   Favoriting Il y a des Bulles dans la Banquise  0:28:27 (Pop-up)
 
Isolation Tank Ensemble  13° Initiate   Favoriting Heliography  0:34:50 (Pop-up)
 
El Reloj  La Ciudad Desconocida   Favoriting El Reloj  0:42:18 (Pop-up)
 
Freakeys  Beetle Dance   Favoriting Freakeys  0:53:29 (Pop-up)
 
Mike Oldfield  Hergest Ridge, part one   Favoriting Hergest Ridge  1:02:18 (Pop-up)
 
Gentle Giant  The Runaway   Favoriting In a Glass House  1:26:10 (Pop-up)
 
Guru Guru  Kind   Favoriting Hinten  1:34:22 (Pop-up)
 
The Flower Kings  A New Species   Favoriting Islands  1:46:01 (Pop-up)
 
Mahjun  Bourée   Favoriting Mahjun  1:53:04 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:02pm
ultradamno:

Dave! Mandlotrons!
  7:03pm
Dean:

Locanda della Fate, yes, an enduing Italian prog band.
  7:03pm
P-90:

“longer tracks?” [ears perking up]
  7:03pm
bLeubomberune:

Dave. A jolly good evening 2 all
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Dave Mandl:

Hey all. Sorry for the delay getting the comments up and running.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Good evening Complicateers
  7:03pm
malĥerbo (nl):

Hi Dave! Mandalins!
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:03pm
Wendy del Formaggio:

Happy New Year, Dave!
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luka:

happy new year, prog enjoyers
  7:03pm
headcleaner:

↳ Song: "Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Più" by "Locanda d...
Warm and toasty, this kick-off
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:04pm
Handy Haversack:

Dave and the Complications. Happy New Year. Even time is progressive, it seems.
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TDK60:

Good January evening, DJ Dave. ...a two-hour show!
I'll have time to mend my cape..
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San Pedro Girl:

Hi Dave and Complicated fellows!
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Dave Mandl:

And a very happy new year to everyone.
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HollyRT:

Two hours? Woohoo!
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erictheise:

Happy new year all!
  7:05pm
Tom from Stirling:

Two hours of prog will cure what ails ya.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Song: "Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Più" by "Locanda d...
Well, this certainly is Italian prog.
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San Pedro Girl:

Happy New Year everyone!
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Destroit:

I always wondered how complicated things would get if another hour was added. Guess we’ll find out!
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listener phat in Lincoln:

I've wanted this show to be two hours anyway.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Happy New Year!
  7:06pm
Tom from Stirling:

Two hours! Good way to start the new year. Lucky us.
  7:06pm
Noel:

Very Roxy Music like.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:08pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Wait, what? There are prog tracks that are long? Since when? Haha!
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dday:

↳ Song: "Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Più" by "Locanda d...
more like Tull
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:09pm
LastWhiteRhino:

Hi Dave. Looking forward to the next two hours.
Avatar ♥ 7:09pm
Dave Mandl:

Nice to see you utradamno, Dean, P-90, bLeubomberune (have you changed the spelling?), phat, malĥerbo, Wendu, luka, headcleaner, Handy, TDK60, SPG, Holly, eric, Tom, Destroit, Noel, Ken, dday, LastWhiteRhino.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:10pm
BLCKDGRD:

Happy New Year! Been digging the recent Brooklyn photos!
Avatar ♥ 7:11pm
Dave Mandl:

@BLCKGRD: Aw, thanks. HNY to you too.
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ dday @7:08
I was about to write that. I love their name which translates from Italian to English as, The Fairy Inn.
  7:11pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ Song: "Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Più" by "Locanda d...
Okay. That's not Steve Howe on guitar?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:12pm
coelacanth∅:

tull/queen/crimson/focus/genesis...
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coelacanth∅:

hi Dave!
  7:13pm
Dean:

I had a bunch of Atoll albums. Sold them.
Avatar ♥ 7:14pm
Dave Mandl:

@coelacanth∅: Hey there.
  7:15pm
P-90:

Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Più
= “Perhaps the Fireflies are No Longer in Love”
…or something like that
  7:15pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ Song: "Le Voleur d'Extase" by "Atoll"
She was wearing almost nothing atoll.
  🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:16pm
listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Song: "Le Voleur d'Extase" by "Atoll"
I'm actually digging this quite a bit.
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Troy:

Happy New year everyone!
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G:

Here!
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redkayak:

Happy New Year everyone!
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erictheise:

↳ Tom from Stirling @7:15
ISTR a Beany and Cecil episode where they sailed to No Bikini Atoll.
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HyperDose:

Proggin all over the place 🐸
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Dave Mandl:

↳ listener phat in Lincoln @7:16
We aim to please.
Avatar ♥ 7:18pm
Dave Mandl:

↳ redkayak @7:17
Thanks, @redkayak. Back at you.
Avatar 🤯 ♥ 7:19pm
erictheise:

bit of a Penguin Cafe Orchestra sound there.
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redkayak:

↳ Dave Mandl @7:18
Starting '24 on the right hoof ;)
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Song: "Le Voleur d'Extase" by "Atoll"
ELP meets Genesis and then all of a sudden a Yes breakdown. But there are some weirdo melodic choices snuck in there. And electric fiddle!
  7:19pm
Erik VT:

I wish the French Prague would be a bit less Atoll-ish … 😜
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dday:

↳ Song: "Le Voleur d'Extase" by "Atoll"
Total Mahavishnu
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ dday @7:20
Oh yeah!
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erictheise:

wow!
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G:

Le Voleur d'Extase = The Thief of Ecstasy
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HollyRT:

It did. But not called that
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redkayak:

Amen
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:22pm
maestroso:

Happy New Year Dave! Great show.
  7:23pm
graey alien:

peace and love. peace and love
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Mennlinn Rebarts:

Sorry to be a pedant; "MDMA was first synthesized in 1912 by Merck. It was used to enhance psychotherapy beginning in the 1970s and became popular as a street drug in the 1980s." (Wikipedia)
Avatar 🤯 ♥ 7:24pm
HollyRT:

Research! "The first forensic detection of MDMA "on the street" was reported in 1970 in Chicago." pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:25pm
BLCKDGRD:

laugh, friennds of mine are yammering excitedly about the crime novels of Manchette, having I seen you touting him or is that another FMU dj?
Avatar ♥ 7:25pm
Dave Mandl:

↳ Mennlinn Rebarts @7:24
Right, but it wasn't called Ecstasy in the 70s, was it?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:25pm
Mennlinn Rebarts:

↳ Mennlinn Rebarts @7:24
But I think your point stands, Dave, in the context of "street use."
Avatar ♥ 7:25pm
Dave Mandl:

Hi Erik, G, maestroso, graey alien, Mennlinn Rebarts.
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HollyRT:

I'm sure it had some 70s-specific nickname
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:26pm
San Pedro Girl:

↳ Mennlinn Rebarts @7:24
Curiously, the name Ecstasy was ascribed only after MDMA became illegal, some time in the early 80s. It had been legal and available. It was causing too much fun to be had.
  7:26pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ Song: "The Sun, the Sand" by "Aviary"
Oh boy!
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listener phat in Lincoln:

God, I love this show.
  7:27pm
headcleaner:

↳ Song: "The Sun, the Sand" by "Aviary"
Turns my crank
  7:27pm
P-90:

This songwriting/arranging is REALLY Yes-influenced
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:27pm
brycepunk1:

I've really been digging your show. Wanted to say thank you for all this cool interesting music. :)
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:27pm
Will thee Sound Guy:

Hi Dave Mandl and all!!!
Happy New Year!!!
Avatar ♥ 7:28pm
Dave Mandl:

↳ BLCKDGRD @7:25
Probably me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:28pm
StringOFperils:

Hi Dave. Happy New Year!
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Kat in the chat:

Yay double dose of Dave! Enjoying.
  7:28pm
?:

Does anyone know if any tapes exist of the funk-rock opera that Jon Anderson and Sherman Hemsley collaborated on about the spiritual qualities of the number 7?
  7:29pm
Sufferwords:

wow- too hip for 77
Avatar ♥ 7:29pm
Dave Mandl:

@StringOFPerils: Thanks! Same to you.
Avatar ♥ 7:30pm
Dave Mandl:

↳ brycepunk1 @7:27
Thank you, @brycepunk1.
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Dave Mandl:

Hey there, Kat. Thanks.
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ San Pedro Girl @7:26
Now it is being proposed in therapy for the treatment of PTSD. Let’s how that goes.
  7:33pm
Dean:

Why has "toy" recently become a word? Not long after "adjacent"? I'm confused.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:34pm
G:

↳ @7:28
Hemsley died with it unreleased, which complicates things from an IP angle. There was an extract up on the www for awhile, but it was taken down to the best of my knowledge.-- Anderson has been promising a sequel to his 1976 Olias album since the early 00s, but it's still not out, despite his website still promising it in 2023. Supposedly there are two to four hours of music recorded. A couple of short snippets are on YouTube.
Avatar 7:35pm
laurapanic:

thanks for complicating my morning, just chilling out at home
  7:35pm
P-90:

Sherman was quite a guy. We lost him too soon.
Avatar ♥ 7:36pm
Dave Mandl:

Hey laurapanic. My pleasure. Curious: Where are you if it's morning there?
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Song: "13° Initiate" by "Isolation Tank Ensemble"
Interesting band name.
Avatar 7:37pm
laurapanic:

↳ Dave Mandl @7:36
East coast Australia, I am in your future. Don't worry, its complicated.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:37pm
StringOFperils:

Sounds timey wimey to me
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Destroit:

LOLaurapanic!
Avatar ♥ 7:38pm
Dave Mandl:

↳ Dean @7:33
Hasn't "toy" always been a word? Or do you mean to describe music?
  7:38pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ Song: "13° Initiate" by "Isolation Tank Ensemble"
Exotic
Avatar ♥ 7:38pm
Dave Mandl:

↳ laurapanic @7:37
Haha. Time traveler.
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ultradamno:

↳ Dave Mandl @7:38
Maybe it became more of a word when Lene Lovich declared there was a New Toy
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dday:

↳ San Pedro Girl @7:26
I remember doing MDMA in the early 80's. A drive in double feature of The Hunger & Raiders of the Lost Ark. Interesting evening
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Troy:

↳ Song: "13° Initiate" by "Isolation Tank Ensemble"
I used an Isolation Tank a couple times in the 80's. Interesting experience.
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dday:

↳ dday @7:40
actually it was The Man Who Fell to Earth & Cat People
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dday:

↳ Troy @7:40
Altered States. Always wanted to won one
  7:43pm
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↳ G @7:34
Thank you, G! Would love to hear that.
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Troy:

↳ dday @7:41
I was a little disappointed that I didn't turn in to a Neanderthal or a blob creature like in the movie. :)
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HollyRT:

Dunno how long "toy pop" has existed as a label, but for example Klimperei has been making that kind of music since at least the late 80s ( a band I discovered thanks to Dave's previous show, World of Echo!)
Avatar 🤯 ♥ 7:44pm
dday:

↳ Troy @7:43
SEGA made a cool arcade game Altered States. I spent about 5 years as an arcade game service tech in the 80's
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ dday @7:40
I've found it very enjoyable. I don’t think I would take it before seeing a film.
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dday:

↳ San Pedro Girl @7:45
we loved it. Very clean mellow state of mind
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Troy:

↳ dday @7:44
That sounds like the perfect 80's job!
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ultradamno:

...or does it have something to do with stuff like Y Pants and The Residents' Goosebump?
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redkayak:

Sounds like Stevie Winwood...
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:47pm
ultradamno:

↳ ultradamno @7:46
(I'm certain I'm forgetting another toy instrument band)
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:48pm
San Pedro Girl:

↳ dday @7:45
It is relatively short acting.
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chresti:

Hi Dave it’s complicated !! extended version!
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ ultradamno @7:47
There was a band, I thought it was Toyrannusaurus (sp) but I can’t recall. I tried to look it up just now but had no luck finding it.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:49pm
Will thee Sound Guy:

↳ dday @7:44
I remember a SEGA master system game called 'Altered Beast'
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dday:

I don't like labels, so I wrote this about myself in 2015;

"Labels" ©2015 dday

I'm an atheist, buddhist, communist scum,
A dadaist, existentialist, fetishist bum,
A geologist, herpetologist, idiosyncratistic freak,
A jingoist, kafkaist, logistical geek

I'm a messianic, narcissistic, otocystic slime
A paleontologic, quixotic, robotic mime
A shamanist, taoist, universalist priest
A vitriolic, workaholic, yogis tic, zooloigic beast

But I still want you...yeah I still want you :)
  7:51pm
Tom from Stirling:

Ai-yi-yi
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dday:

↳ San Pedro Girl @7:48
We took several each. Back then they weren't laced with all the speedy crap in today's "molly"
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Dave Mandl:

@chresti: Hey!
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dday:

↳ Tom from Stirling @7:51
I should've worked Aye yi yi in there somewhere :)
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laurapanic:

the show is usually too short so this is great!
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Dave Mandl:

↳ San Pedro Girl @7:49
Pianosaurus? Late-'80s band from NJ.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:55pm
San Pedro Girl:

↳ Dave Mandl @7:54
Yes! Thanks Dave.
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Dave Mandl:

↳ San Pedro Girl @7:55
They were a very "toy" band.
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Dave Mandl @7:54
Even with that clever name I managed to forget it. Lol!
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StringOFperils:

I saw Pianosaurus. Toys with pickups taped on.
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dday:

↳ San Pedro Girl @7:56
This is a great prog resource:
www.progarchives.com...
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StringOFperils:

↳ StringOFperils @7:56
And the Muppets drum-kit
  7:59pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ Song: "Beetle Dance" by "Freakeys"
Oh yes!
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ dday @7:57
Thank you!
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dday:

↳ Song: "Beetle Dance" by "Freakeys"
This reminds me of Levin. Portnoy, Petrucci & Rudess (Liquid Tension Experiment)
  8:01pm
P-90:

“Prog Animals!”
“Prog Animals!”
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ultradamno:

Probably who I was thinking of...it's impossible to imagine Jad Fair didn't do some toy instrument stuff at some point
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Kat in the chat:

↳ P-90 @8:01
*growls in weird time signature*
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TDK60:

↳ Song: "Hergest Ridge, part one" by "Mike Oldfield"
Don't think I've heard this 2nd Oldfield. I might've, don't recall.
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:04pm
ultradamno:

Did they use an actual pianosaurus? i.pinimg.com...
  8:04pm
Tom from Stirling:

Bonus hour of prog musics begins!
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dday:

↳ Will thee Sound Guy @7:49
Is that for the SEGA home console? My stepson had a Nintendo 64 back then, after his Atari 2600.
I worked on arcade games.
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chresti:

↳ Kat in the chat @8:03
Lol
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redkayak:

I had a copy of Tubular Bells when I was a no-good teenager!
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Will thee Sound Guy:

↳ dday @8:05
yea it was an 8bit console released around the same time as the original Nintendo
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ultradamno:

So, we're not doing animal themed prog?
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redkayak:

↳ redkayak @8:06
Yikes.....like 50 years ago....
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laurapanic:

↳ ultradamno @8:02
Jad Fair, haven't heard that for a while...only really know the songs on a Kill Rock Stars comp but LOVE it.
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Barry P.:

Good evening all, and Happy New Year!
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ultradamno:

Camel? Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish? Art Bears?
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Song: "Hergest Ridge, part one" by "Mike Oldfield"
Lovely!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Are there prog songs that have animals in the names? Maybe there's a wiki page listing such.
Avatar ♥ 8:09pm
Dave Mandl:

Barry: Hey there.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Song: "Hergest Ridge, part one" by "Mike Oldfield"
Well damn
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ San Pedro Girl @8:08
I feel like "Tubular Bells" didn’t reveal the parts of MO that I appreciate.
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Dave Mandl:

↳ San Pedro Girl @8:09
Yeah, this album is both similar and different. Maybe a little more dramatic.
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Dan S:

↳ Song: "Hergest Ridge, part one" by "Mike Oldfield"
I like the music, but this record is in bad shape.
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Barry P.:

Let's thank Oldfield for keeping Virgin Records afloat for the benefit of bands like Henry Cow.
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dday:

↳ Will thee Sound Guy @8:06
I used to play my stepsons Nintendo. Mike Tyson's Punch out & a baseball game.

Rudimentary graphics but I learned how to hit home runs by staggering my swing. Same for Punch Out. Weird little cheats. Fun

The perk of being a tech was since we moved machines from location to location, playing them in the shop after cleaning them & tuning them up before them going back on the road was necessary. Played many hours of classic pinball games
Avatar 🤯 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:10pm
ultradamno:

↳ laurapanic @8:07
He put out a double album in the late 80s that should rank alongside Double Nickles, Zen Arcade any other indie long form called Great Expectations...merits a reissue www.discogs.com...
  8:11pm
Greg g:

Beautiful track here. Bringing to mind Brian Eno and the last song on Pavement’s Brighten The Corners. Who knew? Thanks Dave
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Dave Mandl:

↳ Dan S @8:10
The crackles add to the aura.
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dday:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @8:08
LP...Octopus by Gentle Giant.. a favorite!
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chresti:

Has anyone tried an isolation tank?
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Dave Mandl @8:11
Agreed
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ Song: "Hergest Ridge, part one" by "Mike Oldfield"
This is really, really good.
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Dave Mandl:

↳ dday @8:11
Yeah, a really lovely album. Didn't get much attention, I think.
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Barry P.:

Frippesque
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listener phat in Lincoln:

Guitar direct to board, ala Michael Rother.
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Dave Mandl:

Oops, that last response was meant for listener phat.
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Greg g @8:11
He was on that "June 1st, 1974” live album with Eno, John Cale, Nico and Kevin Ayers. It was great. Still, it did not include the range we’re getting on this track.
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dday:

↳ Dave Mandl @8:14
Loved the die cut cover
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Dave Mandl:

↳ dday @8:14
Octopus? Yup.
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dday:

↳ chresti @8:11
Troy mentioned he had back at 7:40
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ultradamno:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @8:08
Well, Rats & Monkeys has been played on this show...
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dday:

↳ Dave Mandl @8:15
Two different covers issued. The octopus in the jar & a Roger Dean painting
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redkayak:

↳ San Pedro Girl @8:09
In subsequent years i bought a couple of his other LP's. They were quite good as I recall. Long since sold to the used record guys!
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tom tom the pipers son:

not an obvious connection, but reminds me of fairport, the connection being english folk misic
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Dave Mandl:

↳ redkayak @8:17
Oof!
  8:17pm
graey alien:

nice to have the 2 hour show to stretch out a bit!
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Dave Mandl:

↳ tom tom the pipers son @8:17
Sure, I hear that.
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Dave Mandl:

↳ dday @8:17
Yeah. I'm partial to the die-cut cover.
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redkayak:

↳ Dave Mandl @8:17
heh.....indeed...
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dday:

↳ Dave Mandl @8:18
I saw them at The Capitol in Passaic 1973. Opened for Edgar Winter Group. Blew my 14 year old mind to bits
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ultradamno:

I always liked that Grand Funk one that looked like a coin...people undervalue a good gimmick
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Dave Mandl:

↳ dday @8:19
I can imagine.
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Song: "Hergest Ridge, part one" by "Mike Oldfield"
This reminds me of some parts Pink Floyd’s "Atom Heart Mother"
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maestroso:

↳ Song: "Hergest Ridge, part one" by "Mike Oldfield"
This Mike Oldfield piece is wonderful. Never heard it before.
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dday:

↳ ultradamno @8:20
E Pluribus Funk
  8:20pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ Song: "Hergest Ridge, part one" by "Mike Oldfield"
This is one of the long ones.
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San Pedro Girl:

I’m so glad you played this, Dave. It is beautiful.
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listener phat in Lincoln:

↳ San Pedro Girl @8:22
Same
  8:22pm
Harry Corvair:

Gonna keep listening to this, you betcha

Hergest Ridge, part one by Mike Oldfield (Hergest Ridge)
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TDK60:

↳ Song: "Hergest Ridge, part one" by "Mike Oldfield"
Wickedpee says there were live orchestral concerts with guitarists, Steve Hillage and others with Andy Summers.
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tom tom the pipers son:

feel like this is having a 'hatha' effect on me...
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tom tom the pipers son:

wow, that went by quick for a whole side
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Will thee Sound Guy:

↳ dday @8:10
nice
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ TDK60 @8:23
That is fitting. I was going to say it reminded me of S. Hillage.
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HollyRT:

You should save Side 2 for the next time you do a 2-hour show
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redkayak:

I vote for a 2 hour show EVERY week!
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ultradamno:

It still reverberates in horror scores to this day.
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Dave Mandl:

↳ HollyRT @8:25
Good idea!
  8:27pm
headcleaner:

↳ redkayak @8:26
Am with you there, rk
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Barry P.:

Gentle Giant every week!
  8:27pm
P-90:

sweet choice to follow the Oldfield side
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Dave Mandl:

↳ Barry P. @8:27
Twist my arm!
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redkayak:

↳ headcleaner @8:27
We can buy a few votes if needed ;)
  8:28pm
Gaston:

You can't play any artist too much. Stop that silly attitude. WFMU is the greatest, pat yourself on the back somtimes. Happy New Year
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HollyRT:

↳ Barry P. @8:27
I concur!
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Dave Mandl:

↳ Gaston @8:28
Thanks! Patting myself right now.
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HollyRT:

↳ Song: "The Runaway" by "Gentle Giant"
Well, this is delightful
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laurapanic:

↳ Gaston @8:28
I love it when a DJ doubles up on an artist, its the luxury of freeform. I love a special, too. So good.
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maestroso:

↳ Song: "The Runaway" by "Gentle Giant"
I first found this album in a record store in Kingston NY. I think I loaned it to one of my bandmates, and I never saw it again. A couple of years later I found another copy in a nearby record store and have it to this day.
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redkayak:

I'm glad the field work has settled down a bit....Good to be indoors where I can tune in more often
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TDK60:

↳ Song: "The Runaway" by "Gentle Giant"
G.G. were Glasgow's or even Scotland's best prog combo!
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Dave Mandl:

↳ redkayak @8:30
Yay!
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Barry P.:

That was the lowest note Kerry Minnear ever sung.
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laurapanic:

↳ Song: "The Runaway" by "Gentle Giant"
always with the pan flute, or regular flute, I am unsure.
Avatar ♥ 8:32pm
Dave Mandl:

↳ Barry P. @8:31
That unmistakable voice.
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Dan S:

↳ Song: "The Runaway" by "Gentle Giant"
First Mike Oldfield, now Gentle Giant. This show is taking me back to the days of my youth. And to think, I tuned in to hear Bad Animals, LOL. This is a mostly pleasant surprise.
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ultradamno:

I like the Chicago-style deep dish pan flute
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Song: "The Runaway" by "Gentle Giant"
This really reminds me a lot of Steve Hillage’s “Fish Rising."
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dday:

↳ Song: "The Runaway" by "Gentle Giant"
First GG I heard on record was The Power & The Glory. Bought the catalog backwards from there, then forwards up to Interview. Kinda lost touch with their output after that
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maestroso:

↳ Song: "The Runaway" by "Gentle Giant"
Kerry's a madman on those mallets.
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redkayak:

Pwog Kwout Wok
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ultradamno:

BO DIDDLEY!!!!! Not that's what I call GG!
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Dave Mandl:

↳ dday @8:34
They did a few more good LPs after Power and the Glory.
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ultradamno:

Hinten is a great record, even though it looks like ass.
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coelacanth∅:

↳ ultradamno @8:36
hahaha
  8:37pm
mistercaz:

my buddy Len, who I worked with at Yellowstone Park in the 1970s said Gentle Giant played at his high school in the state of Mississippi. This would have been sometime between 1970 -74. Of course it could have been another gentle giant.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

th'DIDDLY!
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

also. hello.
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Dave Mandl:

↳ ultradamno @8:36
Haha, inside joke.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Music to eat carrot cake by
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Barry P.:

What's next Dave, Gary Glitter?
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chresti:

↳ dday @8:15
Aha Thanks!
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Dave Mandl:

↳ Rev. Turnip Druid @8:39
Hey there, Rev.
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ultradamno:

The Butthole Surfers should have covered this, it kind of pre-figures what they did....
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Dave Mandl:

↳ Barry P. @8:39
It's possible.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

mani's drumming .... the man was (is) some kind of massive gastropod.
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Barry P.:

I need to hear more Guru Guru.
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laurapanic:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @8:39
now want carrot cake
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ultradamno:

Well, it came from Faust in the first place...
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

th'cake ... who has it?
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ laurapanic @8:46
So do I.
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chresti:

Krogg raut
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @8:39
Don’t you know that cake shouldn’t be eaten, or even mentioned, unless you have some for everyone?
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laurapanic:

↳ San Pedro Girl @8:48
this!!
  8:50pm
Tom from Stirling:

↳ Song: "A New Species" by "The Flower Kings"
What a treat tonight. Thanks, man
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Dave. Great way to start the year -- progressively.
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ laurapanic @8:50
I guess this is the closest thing to carrot cake as I’m going to get tonight.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

↳ San Pedro Girl @8:48
Carrot cake for all to enjoy! www.clipartmag.com...
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Chop Scott:

Cheers Dave!
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tom tom the pipers son:

thanks dave...
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dday:

I'd like some kraut..Silver Floss will do
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ultradamno:

↳ ultradamno @8:46
Not that they cared to have it become a genre designation, I'm sure they didn't, just to observe there should be a certain tongue in cheek approach to it...
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HollyRT:

Fantastic show tonight, Dave! Starting the year w/ a bang
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laurapanic:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @8:52
I also LOVE clip art
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laurapanic:

↳ San Pedro Girl @8:51
sadly
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Will thee Sound Guy:

Thank you Dave Mandl, enjoyed both hours!!! bonus prog is always a great thing
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Dave Mandl:

Thanks as always, folks. A very happy 2024 to all of you.
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Dave Mandl:

Thanks for sticking around for two hours.
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TDK60:

Good newyeah night, Dave.
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San Pedro Girl:

Thanks Dave, for another great show. Complicated peeps, best wishes for a happy 2024.
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erictheise:

so happy I was able to stick around for the second hour.
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks Dave! Thanks Dave!
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Barry P.:

Honor thy Mother.
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Destroit:

Thanks Dave!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks for the double shot of prog tonight, Dave. ©2024
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Troy:

Thanks Dave!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJ DaveMandl ~
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San Pedro Girl:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @8:57
Thanks for the clipart cake, Ken.
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Barry P.:

Wonderful two hours Dave, thanks.
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laurapanic:

jaunty prog is jaunty!
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laurapanic:

off to Sheena's for Austin Rich now
  9:00pm
P-90:

Merci @Le Dave
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ultradamno:

Proggie went a jauntin'
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bLeubomberune:

Dave great start 2 ‘24. A possible preview of your 3 hr. time slot in the fall of ‘24. All stay safe & be well.
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chresti:

Thanks Dave!
We’re listening In SF
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brycepunk1:

Thank you for the great music. Happy New Year :)
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StringOFperils:

Thanks!!!
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chresti:

Happy New Year!
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