WFMU: Tony Coulter: Playlist from February 23, 2016

Listener comments!
	12:01pm Tony Coulter: Greetings, all! Time to pig out on prog.
	12:01pm V Priceless: Silver cape donned, Mellotron warmed-up, Capt. Coulter! Hey!
	12:02pm Uncle Michael: I'm sorry I only saw Utopia way-post-prog.
	🥁 12:03pm listener james from westwood: How do, Tony and all! Release the prog!
	12:03pm Tony Coulter: Hey ho, V.P., Uncle M, and Listener J!!
	12:08pm Tony Coulter: Dragon (on now) were from Belgium....
	12:12pm Tony Coulter: And (obviously) Corte dei Miracoli were eye-talian....
	12:17pm Tony Coulter: Today's playlist image is from the front cover of the album on now (the Beggar's Opera).
	12:23pm Tony Coulter: "The sun is warming her brains -- oh how many there are" Is that what she said?
	12:24pm Dean: "The sun is warming herb rains." That's what she said.
	12:24pm Carmichael: Heya Tony and proggers.
	12:24pm Tony Coulter: @ Dean: Oh yeah -- good old Herbie. (Heya, Dean!)
	12:25pm Tony Coulter: Greets, Carmichael!
	12:26pm Dean: Good morning, Tony (and denizens of PST). This prog line-up is a sorely needed balm.
	12:26pm Carmichael: Been hearing a lot of Peter Bardens lately, both solo and Camel. Must be some anniversary ...
	12:27pm Dean: My favorite non-Camel Bardens is perhaps Van Morrison's "Wavelength."
	🥁 12:30pm listener james from westwood: Oh, that set was a delight. Glad to be catching this show live!
	12:32pm Dean: If the band name has five syllables, it's prog.
	12:32pm holland oats: tony c in the place to was!
	12:34pm Tony Coulter: Ahoy, holland oats!!
	12:34pm βrian: On hand and lending an ear.
	12:35pm Tony Coulter: Hey, βrian! I'll keep my eye on you....
	12:36pm VANDALISM GENERATOR: Greetings TC and all who sail in her!
	12:36pm V Priceless: yeah!
	12:37pm Tony Coulter: Hola, VANDALISM GENERATOR!
	12:37pm VANDALISM GENERATOR: hey this is ORGANTASTIC!
	12:38pm βrian: Oy. I read that as onantastic.
	12:40pm Dean: You say organ, I say Onan, let's beat the whole thing off.
	12:40pm Tony Coulter: Organ ... plus marimba -- that doesn't happen too often!
	12:40pm Dean: Sorry, that was crude.
	12:41pm VANDALISM GENERATOR: will we have some VG tonight? perhaps from the arsehole grey machine?
	12:41pm V Priceless: Hang on to yourself, Dean! : )
	12:42pm VANDALISM GENERATOR: or even porn hearts?
	12:42pm VANDALISM GENERATOR: a very esoteric selection!
	12:42pm Dean: Out-Tulling Tull!
	12:43pm V Priceless: I vote "Scorched Earth" on the VDGG front!
	12:44pm the Canterbury wood-elf: Excellent to check in to the show again. I was feeling rather obscure-prog-ish this evening. Have you hear The Winstons yet, Tony? More Italian Canterbury-heads, with a rather nice album here: thewinstons.bandcamp.com... And my VdGG vote goes to "Man Erg"....
	12:45pm VANDALISM GENERATOR: what about Nadir's big chance - peter Hamill's 'punk' album before punk?
	12:46pm Tony Coulter: Probably no VdGG today -- but definitely in the future. I promises....
	12:46pm V Priceless: interesting recent Quietus read on Bowie/Station to Station, and his then-obsession w/Peter Hammill's 'Chameleon In The Shadow of Night' LP.
	12:46pm Tony Coulter: Heya, Wood-elf!! Don't know the Winstons -- will give a listen post-show. Thanks!!
	12:49pm Dean: A friend of mine laments the passing of Piotr Grudzinski, guitarist for Polish prog outfit Riverside, of whom I'd never heard. He writes, "After years of slogging through the general mediocrity of modern neo-prog, I finally find a band -- Riverside -- who just totally hooks me all the way in with their last 2 albums, and their guitarist dies...and he was only 40 years old!"
	12:50pm V Priceless: @ Dean - funny I read similar sentiments from friends - I am unaware of Riverside. Will need to explore.
	12:51pm JtotheK: good afternoon everyone.
	12:52pm Tony Coulter: Hola, JtotheK!
	12:54pm Michael: Enjoying the tunes Tony!
	12:55pm the Canterbury wood-elf: Neo-prog is 99% dross in my experience and I can't figure out why. The palette of technological possibilities has expanded a thousandfold, access of countless genres of music from diverse times and places is now available to everyone for free. You can record studio quality stuff in your basement. And yet these lesser/forgotten prog bands from the early 70's we're hearing now make most of the current bands sound pathetically unadventurous and narrow in scope.
	12:56pm Tony Coulter: @ Michael: Glad to hear it! (and... Greets!)
	1:08pm the Canterbury wood-elf: Well that question's evidently stumped everyone : )
	1:09pm Tony Coulter: @ Canterbury wood-elf: One partial explanation might be that neo-prog bands (almost by definition) are trying to recreate or recapture something -- which is mostly a losing game, I think. Most likely more adventurously minded musicians with a lot of personality and a lot to say wouldn't be drawn to the imitation game. Of course, sometimes it works, even when something is clearly derivative.
	1:11pm the Canterbury wood-elf: Yeah. In the last 15 minutes I've decided the whole concept of "prog" is redundant. Neo-prog is like "retro-futurism" in a way. The really "progressive" rock music has bled into a whole sheaf of genres and subgenres (post-rock, math-rock, plus all kinds of wonderfully unclassificable stuff you hear on FMU every day but would never think "prog"...Stan's show is full of such stuff)
	1:15pm βrian: The first time I heard of prog, I assumed it was short for proglodyte
	1:16pm Tony Coulter: Well, the first time I heard about KBD punk bands, I assumed it meant punk bands with a keyboard player.
	1:17pm the Canterbury wood-elf: I found a wonderful National Health bootleg the other day - from '76 with Bruford still drumming, Alan Gowen still there on second keyboards, Mont Campbell on bass, Hillage guesting on guitar. The only downside is that Amanda Parsons was out with the 'flu. Tenemos Roads here: www.youtube.com...
	1:19pm Tony Coulter: Nice, will have to seek that out. Thanks, Elf!
	1:21pm Dean: Distracted by a meeting, hence my unusual silence. Math rock is what precisely comes to mind as "real" neo-prog. Just this morning I was thinking of Fucking Champs. My kid watches a cartoon, Johnny Test, in which the music is this hyperactive movie soundtrack stuff, but this morning I heard a riff that made me wonder whether the Champs had found a gig doing this stuff. Then there's the nostalgia circuit, the Musical Boxes, the Houses of Floyd (one of whose singers I know), the Steve Hackett surveys of Genesis. I've never found the energy to attend to the prog revival bands, the Spock's Beards and such.
	1:33pm the Canterbury wood-elf: My first hit of Jesus prog! : )
	1:34pm V Priceless: Re: Album titled 'Death May Be Your Santa Claus'? Surely this is post-MTH song of the same name?
	1:36pm Tony Coulter: It's from a year earlier, actually. Oh, those thieving Motts.
	1:36pm Dean: A few weeks ago I mentioned to Tony that the neighborhood church my spouse and son attend features musicians at Mass who definitely have a prog edge, albeit sans electronic instruments. I've attended only a couple times, but their performances remind me of "Trespass"-era Genesis.
	1:39pm Tony Coulter: Jammin' for Jesus
	1:39pm the Canterbury wood-elf: Ha! I was in Canterbury Cathedral last week in an "interesting" state of mind, listening to the Evensong service (the acoustics are utterly celestial, and the organ in there is like some kind of ultimate sound system...the bass, man...) The organ player was tearing it up at the end of Wood's "O Thou The Central Orb" (great hymn title!) and it suddenly went kinda prog. A touch of Dave Sinclair from Caravan.
	1:41pm davefromtoronto: max webster??? wow i used to see them in concert in toronto when this was new. nice!
	1:42pm Tony Coulter: Hiya, davefromtoronto! I gather Max Webster opened for Rush a lot....
	1:43pm Tony Coulter: I'll be venturing into AOR prog territory for a bit during this set....
	1:44pm davefromtoronto: yes i saw them a bunch of times with rush. also saw them at high school auditoriums. they were a fantastic live band.
	1:44pm Dean: From my proggy friends whom I tipped off about this morning's show: "Since Coulter's a fan of the Canterbury sound, you might try turning him on to a contemporary British band called Sanguine Hum that Paul recently discovered on Spotify (they've also got several tracks on YouTube). Assuming he's not already familiar with them, of course. "They started out as a Canterbury-revival band but have since added a harder edge to the sound. Nice haunting melodies, lots of time-signature gymnastics, and a decent vocalist to boot."
	1:45pm Tony Coulter: Thanks for the tip, Dean. Do you know 'em, wood-elf?
	1:46pm Tony Coulter: @ davefromtoronto: Did Max Webster perform in elaborate costumes and face paint, as they appear on some of their album covers?
	1:48pm the Canterbury wood-elf: The name rings a faint bell, but I've never played them on any of my podcasts. Don't think I've heard them. It just goes to show how much of this stuff is out there now. I'm finding international neo-Canterbury stuff (of varying quality) all the time now with Youtube and Soundcloud and Bandcamp now.
	1:50pm the Canterbury wood-elf: @Dean Your proggy friends might like my local friends (they're actually from Canterbury, as I am) Syd Arthur. They started off with revivalist tendencies, but are moving it forward in fascinating ways. They're about to release a monster third album.
	1:53pm Dean: Now that's funny. When I served on the board of a non-profit arts organization devoted to nurturing new playwrights, one of the playwrights, Tanya Shaffer, wrote a play dubbed "Sid Arthur." Thanks, wood-elf. I'll forward your comments to my friends.
	1:53pm davefromtoronto: no but kim mitchell usually wore something silly like tights and a tutu and leaped around like a cricket.
	1:55pm VANDALISM GENERATOR: my own view of neo prog is that there is too much metal content! ie Dream Theatre etc. Recently tried to get into some prog metal - but found myself attracted to death/thrash/black metal. Well several months later of listening to WM Berger MY CASTLE OF QUIET show on WFMU AND Diane KA=mikaze as well - I am beginning to really like it - anyway any chance of playing the latest Cattle Decapitation album Tony?
	1:57pm the Canterbury wood-elf: prog metal ... urrg :( i've tried but i can't even get into Voivod
	1:57pm Tony Coulter: Probably not -- but I will play the new Tofu Decapitation album.
	1:58pm KevinfromBayRidge: FYI, Enjoying greatly Mr. Coulter.
	1:59pm Tony Coulter: Heya, KevinfromBayRidge! Glad you're liking the proggy sounds!
	1:59pm the Canterbury wood-elf: Possible name for a militant vegan hardcore band: Soya Hogroast
	2:00pm Dean: These Oho guys learned something from Rod Stewart's "Mandolin Wind."
	2:01pm VANDALISM GENERATOR: Talking about cattle decapitation - last nights episode of 22.10.63 was quite nasty!
	2:05pm VANDALISM GENERATOR: enjoying this OHO never heard of them before - were they an American prog band?
	2:06pm Tony Coulter: Yep -- one of the best U.S. prog bands, I think. They were (are?) from Baltimore.
	2:07pm Dean: Singer is channelling Fee Waybill.
	2:09pm VANDALISM GENERATOR: guns n roses gone gentle giant?
	2:09pm White Punk on Prog: Tubes!
	2:10pm Tony Coulter: Great googly greets, White Punk on Prog!
	2:12pm VANDALISM GENERATOR: for some reason always got the Tubes mixed up with the Plasmatics! WHY?
	2:12pm Rich in Washington: I have this anthropological theory about a prog to metal link. I think a lot of hard rock and then metal singers were influenced by Van Der Graaf Generator's Peter Hammill.
	2:13pm Tony Coulter: Heya, Dr. Rich!
	2:16pm Rich in Washington: And they all came across the Pacific Land Bridge much earlier than previously thought. Heya, Progfessor Coulter!
	2:26pm Carmichael: Are you saving the Caravan, Tony? I also like this Stardrive!
	2:28pm Dean: Stardive, a.k.a. Manic the Man. Geez. I need what they're taking.
	2:28pm Santos L Halper: Looks like I've missed most of a great show. This Stardrive is hilarious in its ELP-ness
	2:29pm Tony Coulter: @ Carmichael: No Caravan today, no -- just 'cause I've been playing them a lot recently ... during and after my Canterbury specials of a while back. For the same reason, there will be no Softs or Gong either.
	2:29pm Tony Coulter: Heya, Santos L Halper! You read my mind!
	2:32pm Carmichael: Works for me, Tony. ELP does very nicely.
	2:39pm W.P.On P: Nothing beats bombastic drumming/Love the Eurock bands.
	2:40pm Dean: I'm sensing a dearth of Spanish, French, and German bands today, never mind Australia's Sebastian Hardie and its offshoots.
	2:41pm Tony Coulter: Can't play 'em all! I glean from the accuplaylist's autofill feature that almost none of the Italian bands I've featured today have ever been played on FMU.
	2:43pm from Quebec: hi Tony. I'm guessing that "lei se ne adra" is probably "lei se ne andra" ? (she will be leaving)
	2:44pm Dean: "Can't play 'em all!" Why not? First glance at "ever been played on FMU" struck me as "...PFM"!
	2:46pm Tony Coulter: Oops. Messed up the playlist -- forgot to enter the Cosmos Factory when it was playing. We're caught up now.
	2:47pm Tony Coulter: double oops: You're right, from Quebec (Greetings, btw.)
	2:47pm V Priceless: in the event I get carried away in a tidal wave of work-related malarky, allow me to thank you now for a super show, Tony!
	2:48pm Carmichael: A prog band named after a Creedence album?
	2:50pm Tony Coulter: Yes! It's kind of clever, actually: "Cosmos" instead of "Cosmo's"
	2:50pm Tony Coulter: Thanks, VP!!
	2:52pm Tony Coulter: The Poltergeist!
	🥁 2:57pm listener james from westwood: Thanks for the mighty prog-nostication, Tony!
	2:57pm Tony Coulter: You be welcome, Listener J!
	2:58pm Michael: Great fun TC - thanks!
	2:58pm Tony Coulter: Thanks for showing up everyone -- see you next time!
	2:59pm Rich in Washington: thanks Tony!

Tony Coulter: Playlist from February 23, 2016

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February 23, 2016: Oh no, run for the hills, it's ... another ALL-PROG SHOW!!!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Approx. start time
The In-Theme	"The In-Theme"				0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Utopia	Magic Dragon Theatre "Magic Dragon Theatre" by "Utopia"	Ra	Bearsville	1976	0:01:58 (Pop-up)
Dragon	Introduction (Insects) "Introduction (Insects)" by "Dragon"	Dragon	RE: Musea	1976	0:05:37 (Pop-up)
Corte dei Miracoli	Il Rituale Notturno	Corte dei Miracoli	RE: Vinyl Magic	1976	0:09:46 (Pop-up)
Beggar's Opera	Memory "Memory" by "Beggar's Opera"	Act One	RE: Repertoire	1970	0:16:09 (Pop-up)
Earth and Fire	Ebb Tide "Ebb Tide" by "Earth and Fire"	Song of the Marching Children	RE: Esoteric	1971	0:20:02 (Pop-up)
Camel	Six Ate "Six Ate" by "Camel"	Camel	MCA	1973	0:23:12 (Pop-up)

Mephistopheles	Dead Ringer "Dead Ringer" by "Mephistopheles"	In Frustration I Hear Singing	RE: Wounded Bird	1969	0:32:38 (Pop-up)
Aardvark	Greencap "Greencap" by "Aardvark"	Aardvark	RE: Esoteric	1970	0:35:49 (Pop-up)
Titus Groan	I Can't Change "I Can't Change" by "Titus Groan"	Titus Groan	RE: Esoteric	1970	0:41:51 (Pop-up)
Marsupilami	Born to Be Free "Born to Be Free" by "Marsupilami"	Marsupilami	RE: Esoteric	1970	0:47:33 (Pop-up)
Bram Stoker	Fast Decay "Fast Decay" by "Bram Stoker"	Heavy Rock Spectacular	RE: Talking Heads	1972	0:53:15 (Pop-up)
Blocco Mentale	Capita "Capita" by "Blocco Mentale"	Ποα	RE: Vinyl Magic	1973	0:57:02 (Pop-up)
Eyes of Blue	Extra Hour "Extra Hour" by "Eyes of Blue"	In Fields of Ardath	RE: Esoteric	1969	1:01:46 (Pop-up)

Second Hand	Hangin' on an Eyelid "Hangin' on an Eyelid" by "Second Hand"	Death May Be Your Santa Claus	RE: Sunbeam	1971	1:07:45 (Pop-up)
National Health	Agrippa (1976) "Agrippa (1976)" by "National Health"	Missing Pieces	East Side Digital	1996	1:12:01 (Pop-up)
Westfauster	Where Are You "Where Are You" by "Westfauster"	In a King's Dream	RE: Akarma	1971	1:20:24 (Pop-up)
The Baker Gurvitz Army	Since Beginning	The Baker Gurvitz Army	Janus	1974	1:23:45 (Pop-up)

Universe	Rock in the Sky "Rock in the Sky" by "Universe"	Universe	PBR International	1977	1:33:28 (Pop-up)
Max Webster	Gravity "Gravity" by "Max Webster"	High Class in Borrowed Shoes	Mercury	1977	1:39:11 (Pop-up)
Head East	City of Gold "City of Gold" by "Head East"	Flat as a Pancake	A&M	1975	1:44:00 (Pop-up)
American Tears	Tear Gas "Tear Gas" by "American Tears"	Tear Gas	Columbia	1975	1:47:43 (Pop-up)
Oho	The Three: Seldom Bought / Lois Jane / Hogshead	Recollections (1974–1976)	no label	2002	1:52:45 (Pop-up)
Nuova Idea	Clown "Clown" by "Nuova Idea"	Clowns	RE: BMG	1973	2:07:16 (Pop-up)

Il Mucchio	Lei Se Ne Andra (1973) [7" bonus track]	Il Mucchio	RE: Mellow		2:20:40 (Pop-up)
Stardrive	Pulsar "Pulsar" by "Stardrive"	Stardrive	Columbia	1974	2:23:38 (Pop-up)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Tank "Tank" by "Emerson, Lake & Palmer"	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Cotillion	1970	2:28:52 (Pop-up)
Museo Rosenbach	Degli Uomini "Degli Uomini" by "Museo Rosenbach"	Zarathustra	RE: Sony	1973	2:35:37 (Pop-up)
Cosmos Factory	Soundtrack 1984 "Soundtrack 1984" by "Cosmos Factory"	An Old Castle of Transylvania	RE: Columbia	1973	2:43:39 (Pop-up)
Cervello	Canto del Capro "Canto del Capro" by "Cervello"	Melos	RE: Sony	1973	2:44:16 (Pop-up)
Bram Stoker	Poltergeist "Poltergeist" by "Bram Stoker"	Heavy Rock Spectacular	RE: Talking Elephant	1972	2:49:25 (Pop-up)

The Out-Theme	Gelbart: My Favorite Vacation [part of] + Die Trip Computer Die: Airborn [part of]				2:56:53 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	12:01pm Tony Coulter: Greetings, all! Time to pig out on prog.
	12:01pm V Priceless: Silver cape donned, Mellotron warmed-up, Capt. Coulter! Hey!
	12:02pm Uncle Michael: I'm sorry I only saw Utopia way-post-prog.
	🥁 12:03pm listener james from westwood: How do, Tony and all! Release the prog!
	12:03pm Tony Coulter: Hey ho, V.P., Uncle M, and Listener J!!
	12:08pm Tony Coulter: Dragon (on now) were from Belgium....
	12:12pm Tony Coulter: And (obviously) Corte dei Miracoli were eye-talian....
	12:17pm Tony Coulter: Today's playlist image is from the front cover of the album on now (the Beggar's Opera).
	12:23pm Tony Coulter: "The sun is warming her brains -- oh how many there are" Is that what she said?
	12:24pm Dean: "The sun is warming herb rains." That's what she said.
	12:24pm Carmichael: Heya Tony and proggers.
	12:24pm Tony Coulter: @ Dean: Oh yeah -- good old Herbie. (Heya, Dean!)
	12:25pm Tony Coulter: Greets, Carmichael!
	12:26pm Dean: Good morning, Tony (and denizens of PST). This prog line-up is a sorely needed balm.
	12:26pm Carmichael: Been hearing a lot of Peter Bardens lately, both solo and Camel. Must be some anniversary ...
	12:27pm Dean: My favorite non-Camel Bardens is perhaps Van Morrison's "Wavelength."
	🥁 12:30pm listener james from westwood: Oh, that set was a delight. Glad to be catching this show live!
	12:32pm Dean: If the band name has five syllables, it's prog.
	12:32pm holland oats: tony c in the place to was!
	12:34pm Tony Coulter: Ahoy, holland oats!!
	12:34pm βrian: On hand and lending an ear.
	12:35pm Tony Coulter: Hey, βrian! I'll keep my eye on you....
	12:36pm VANDALISM GENERATOR: Greetings TC and all who sail in her!
	12:36pm V Priceless: yeah!
	12:37pm Tony Coulter: Hola, VANDALISM GENERATOR!
	12:37pm VANDALISM GENERATOR: hey this is ORGANTASTIC!
	12:38pm βrian: Oy. I read that as onantastic.
	12:40pm Dean: You say organ, I say Onan, let's beat the whole thing off.
	12:40pm Tony Coulter: Organ ... plus marimba -- that doesn't happen too often!
	12:40pm Dean: Sorry, that was crude.
	12:41pm VANDALISM GENERATOR: will we have some VG tonight? perhaps from the arsehole grey machine?
	12:41pm V Priceless: Hang on to yourself, Dean! : )
	12:42pm VANDALISM GENERATOR: or even porn hearts?
	12:42pm VANDALISM GENERATOR: a very esoteric selection!
	12:42pm Dean: Out-Tulling Tull!
	12:43pm V Priceless: I vote "Scorched Earth" on the VDGG front!
	12:44pm the Canterbury wood-elf: Excellent to check in to the show again. I was feeling rather obscure-prog-ish this evening. Have you hear The Winstons yet, Tony? More Italian Canterbury-heads, with a rather nice album here: thewinstons.bandcamp.com... And my VdGG vote goes to "Man Erg"....
	12:45pm VANDALISM GENERATOR: what about Nadir's big chance - peter Hamill's 'punk' album before punk?
	12:46pm Tony Coulter: Probably no VdGG today -- but definitely in the future. I promises....
	12:46pm V Priceless: interesting recent Quietus read on Bowie/Station to Station, and his then-obsession w/Peter Hammill's 'Chameleon In The Shadow of Night' LP.
	12:46pm Tony Coulter: Heya, Wood-elf!! Don't know the Winstons -- will give a listen post-show. Thanks!!
	12:49pm Dean: A friend of mine laments the passing of Piotr Grudzinski, guitarist for Polish prog outfit Riverside, of whom I'd never heard. He writes, "After years of slogging through the general mediocrity of modern neo-prog, I finally find a band -- Riverside -- who just totally hooks me all the way in with their last 2 albums, and their guitarist dies...and he was only 40 years old!"
	12:50pm V Priceless: @ Dean - funny I read similar sentiments from friends - I am unaware of Riverside. Will need to explore.
	12:51pm JtotheK: good afternoon everyone.
	12:52pm Tony Coulter: Hola, JtotheK!
	12:54pm Michael: Enjoying the tunes Tony!
	12:55pm the Canterbury wood-elf: Neo-prog is 99% dross in my experience and I can't figure out why. The palette of technological possibilities has expanded a thousandfold, access of countless genres of music from diverse times and places is now available to everyone for free. You can record studio quality stuff in your basement. And yet these lesser/forgotten prog bands from the early 70's we're hearing now make most of the current bands sound pathetically unadventurous and narrow in scope.
	12:56pm Tony Coulter: @ Michael: Glad to hear it! (and... Greets!)
	1:08pm the Canterbury wood-elf: Well that question's evidently stumped everyone : )
	1:09pm Tony Coulter: @ Canterbury wood-elf: One partial explanation might be that neo-prog bands (almost by definition) are trying to recreate or recapture something -- which is mostly a losing game, I think. Most likely more adventurously minded musicians with a lot of personality and a lot to say wouldn't be drawn to the imitation game. Of course, sometimes it works, even when something is clearly derivative.
	1:11pm the Canterbury wood-elf: Yeah. In the last 15 minutes I've decided the whole concept of "prog" is redundant. Neo-prog is like "retro-futurism" in a way. The really "progressive" rock music has bled into a whole sheaf of genres and subgenres (post-rock, math-rock, plus all kinds of wonderfully unclassificable stuff you hear on FMU every day but would never think "prog"...Stan's show is full of such stuff)
	1:15pm βrian: The first time I heard of prog, I assumed it was short for proglodyte
	1:16pm Tony Coulter: Well, the first time I heard about KBD punk bands, I assumed it meant punk bands with a keyboard player.
	1:17pm the Canterbury wood-elf: I found a wonderful National Health bootleg the other day - from '76 with Bruford still drumming, Alan Gowen still there on second keyboards, Mont Campbell on bass, Hillage guesting on guitar. The only downside is that Amanda Parsons was out with the 'flu. Tenemos Roads here: www.youtube.com...
	1:19pm Tony Coulter: Nice, will have to seek that out. Thanks, Elf!
	1:21pm Dean: Distracted by a meeting, hence my unusual silence. Math rock is what precisely comes to mind as "real" neo-prog. Just this morning I was thinking of Fucking Champs. My kid watches a cartoon, Johnny Test, in which the music is this hyperactive movie soundtrack stuff, but this morning I heard a riff that made me wonder whether the Champs had found a gig doing this stuff. Then there's the nostalgia circuit, the Musical Boxes, the Houses of Floyd (one of whose singers I know), the Steve Hackett surveys of Genesis. I've never found the energy to attend to the prog revival bands, the Spock's Beards and such.
	1:33pm the Canterbury wood-elf: My first hit of Jesus prog! : )
	1:34pm V Priceless: Re: Album titled 'Death May Be Your Santa Claus'? Surely this is post-MTH song of the same name?
	1:36pm Tony Coulter: It's from a year earlier, actually. Oh, those thieving Motts.
	1:36pm Dean: A few weeks ago I mentioned to Tony that the neighborhood church my spouse and son attend features musicians at Mass who definitely have a prog edge, albeit sans electronic instruments. I've attended only a couple times, but their performances remind me of "Trespass"-era Genesis.
	1:39pm Tony Coulter: Jammin' for Jesus
	1:39pm the Canterbury wood-elf: Ha! I was in Canterbury Cathedral last week in an "interesting" state of mind, listening to the Evensong service (the acoustics are utterly celestial, and the organ in there is like some kind of ultimate sound system...the bass, man...) The organ player was tearing it up at the end of Wood's "O Thou The Central Orb" (great hymn title!) and it suddenly went kinda prog. A touch of Dave Sinclair from Caravan.
	1:41pm davefromtoronto: max webster??? wow i used to see them in concert in toronto when this was new. nice!
	1:42pm Tony Coulter: Hiya, davefromtoronto! I gather Max Webster opened for Rush a lot....
	1:43pm Tony Coulter: I'll be venturing into AOR prog territory for a bit during this set....
	1:44pm davefromtoronto: yes i saw them a bunch of times with rush. also saw them at high school auditoriums. they were a fantastic live band.
	1:44pm Dean: From my proggy friends whom I tipped off about this morning's show: "Since Coulter's a fan of the Canterbury sound, you might try turning him on to a contemporary British band called Sanguine Hum that Paul recently discovered on Spotify (they've also got several tracks on YouTube). Assuming he's not already familiar with them, of course. "They started out as a Canterbury-revival band but have since added a harder edge to the sound. Nice haunting melodies, lots of time-signature gymnastics, and a decent vocalist to boot."
	1:45pm Tony Coulter: Thanks for the tip, Dean. Do you know 'em, wood-elf?
	1:46pm Tony Coulter: @ davefromtoronto: Did Max Webster perform in elaborate costumes and face paint, as they appear on some of their album covers?
	1:48pm the Canterbury wood-elf: The name rings a faint bell, but I've never played them on any of my podcasts. Don't think I've heard them. It just goes to show how much of this stuff is out there now. I'm finding international neo-Canterbury stuff (of varying quality) all the time now with Youtube and Soundcloud and Bandcamp now.
	1:50pm the Canterbury wood-elf: @Dean Your proggy friends might like my local friends (they're actually from Canterbury, as I am) Syd Arthur. They started off with revivalist tendencies, but are moving it forward in fascinating ways. They're about to release a monster third album.
	1:53pm Dean: Now that's funny. When I served on the board of a non-profit arts organization devoted to nurturing new playwrights, one of the playwrights, Tanya Shaffer, wrote a play dubbed "Sid Arthur." Thanks, wood-elf. I'll forward your comments to my friends.
	1:53pm davefromtoronto: no but kim mitchell usually wore something silly like tights and a tutu and leaped around like a cricket.
	1:55pm VANDALISM GENERATOR: my own view of neo prog is that there is too much metal content! ie Dream Theatre etc. Recently tried to get into some prog metal - but found myself attracted to death/thrash/black metal. Well several months later of listening to WM Berger MY CASTLE OF QUIET show on WFMU AND Diane KA=mikaze as well - I am beginning to really like it - anyway any chance of playing the latest Cattle Decapitation album Tony?
	1:57pm the Canterbury wood-elf: prog metal ... urrg :( i've tried but i can't even get into Voivod
	1:57pm Tony Coulter: Probably not -- but I will play the new Tofu Decapitation album.
	1:58pm KevinfromBayRidge: FYI, Enjoying greatly Mr. Coulter.
	1:59pm Tony Coulter: Heya, KevinfromBayRidge! Glad you're liking the proggy sounds!
	1:59pm the Canterbury wood-elf: Possible name for a militant vegan hardcore band: Soya Hogroast
	2:00pm Dean: These Oho guys learned something from Rod Stewart's "Mandolin Wind."
	2:01pm VANDALISM GENERATOR: Talking about cattle decapitation - last nights episode of 22.10.63 was quite nasty!
	2:05pm VANDALISM GENERATOR: enjoying this OHO never heard of them before - were they an American prog band?
	2:06pm Tony Coulter: Yep -- one of the best U.S. prog bands, I think. They were (are?) from Baltimore.
	2:07pm Dean: Singer is channelling Fee Waybill.
	2:09pm VANDALISM GENERATOR: guns n roses gone gentle giant?
	2:09pm White Punk on Prog: Tubes!
	2:10pm Tony Coulter: Great googly greets, White Punk on Prog!
	2:12pm VANDALISM GENERATOR: for some reason always got the Tubes mixed up with the Plasmatics! WHY?
	2:12pm Rich in Washington: I have this anthropological theory about a prog to metal link. I think a lot of hard rock and then metal singers were influenced by Van Der Graaf Generator's Peter Hammill.
	2:13pm Tony Coulter: Heya, Dr. Rich!
	2:16pm Rich in Washington: And they all came across the Pacific Land Bridge much earlier than previously thought. Heya, Progfessor Coulter!
	2:26pm Carmichael: Are you saving the Caravan, Tony? I also like this Stardrive!
	2:28pm Dean: Stardive, a.k.a. Manic the Man. Geez. I need what they're taking.
	2:28pm Santos L Halper: Looks like I've missed most of a great show. This Stardrive is hilarious in its ELP-ness
	2:29pm Tony Coulter: @ Carmichael: No Caravan today, no -- just 'cause I've been playing them a lot recently ... during and after my Canterbury specials of a while back. For the same reason, there will be no Softs or Gong either.
	2:29pm Tony Coulter: Heya, Santos L Halper! You read my mind!
	2:32pm Carmichael: Works for me, Tony. ELP does very nicely.
	2:39pm W.P.On P: Nothing beats bombastic drumming/Love the Eurock bands.
	2:40pm Dean: I'm sensing a dearth of Spanish, French, and German bands today, never mind Australia's Sebastian Hardie and its offshoots.
	2:41pm Tony Coulter: Can't play 'em all! I glean from the accuplaylist's autofill feature that almost none of the Italian bands I've featured today have ever been played on FMU.
	2:43pm from Quebec: hi Tony. I'm guessing that "lei se ne adra" is probably "lei se ne andra" ? (she will be leaving)
	2:44pm Dean: "Can't play 'em all!" Why not? First glance at "ever been played on FMU" struck me as "...PFM"!
	2:46pm Tony Coulter: Oops. Messed up the playlist -- forgot to enter the Cosmos Factory when it was playing. We're caught up now.
	2:47pm Tony Coulter: double oops: You're right, from Quebec (Greetings, btw.)
	2:47pm V Priceless: in the event I get carried away in a tidal wave of work-related malarky, allow me to thank you now for a super show, Tony!
	2:48pm Carmichael: A prog band named after a Creedence album?
	2:50pm Tony Coulter: Yes! It's kind of clever, actually: "Cosmos" instead of "Cosmo's"
	2:50pm Tony Coulter: Thanks, VP!!
	2:52pm Tony Coulter: The Poltergeist!
	🥁 2:57pm listener james from westwood: Thanks for the mighty prog-nostication, Tony!
	2:57pm Tony Coulter: You be welcome, Listener J!
	2:58pm Michael: Great fun TC - thanks!
	2:58pm Tony Coulter: Thanks for showing up everyone -- see you next time!
	2:59pm Rich in Washington: thanks Tony!

Tony Coulter: Playlist from February 23, 2016

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