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So posts on ZZ Top are safe?

Not to mention posts on Aardvark and Zzebra.

http://www.widemann.net

I haven't heard most of Widemann's work, but Magma's Live/HhaïMagma's Live/Hhaï, where he appears, is for sure a must hear of prog rock.

Mike Ratledge from Soft Machine, I think I read somewhere that he wrote software for music creation years after he left the band, but I couldn't confirm. (maybe this is related?)

Nice idea, but someone's already thought of using that name for an album.

Yeah http://www.progarchives.com/ is good! So are http://www.gepr.net/ and http://www.gnosis2000.net/. And if you have your ten league boots on (and lots and lots of energy) try http://www.nearfest.com/. Rest up before the trip & plan a long recovery after. With two bands Friday at the Progressive Legends Showcase, and five (yes five) bands/artists both Saturday and Sunday it can really take a toll.

if you haven't already, please check out http://www.progarchives.com/

Here's some useful links for those not in the know:

Osiris
Samhain

I'm into progressive/metal groups, so some of my favorite websites are:

http://www.gnosis2000.net/
http://www.gepr.net/geprfram.htm
http://www.prog4you.com/
http://www.progressiveears.com/Default.asp?bhcp=1
http://www.progarchives.com/
http://www.progressiveworld.net/main.html

Plus websites for some lesser known labels:

http://www.insideoutmusic.com/
http://www.magnacarta.net/07.html
http://www.metalblade.com/content.html
http://www.nuclearblastusa.com/home.html

Autobahn by Kraftwerk - even on topic, sort of...

Sex Objekt is much better Kraftwerk. Autobahn is just ... 22.72 minutes of boredom. (I've got that vinyl somewhere. ..)

I may need to pull it out and hook up the turntable just to remind myself how bad it is, 31 years later. (It's from 1974, right?)

But i'm not sure why we want to send them to mars though.

Word-of-Mouth and actual sampling were the only way I ever discovered music, especially since my tastes evolved beyond the confines of commercial radio as much as commercial radio devolved beneath the tastes of anyone who takes it seriously.

The Internet has made this much easier for me (as has the recent renaissance of progressive music and instrumental and compositional virtuosity.

Whereas in the late 80's I thought my days of discovering new music was limited to haunting used record stores and reading obscure buyer's guides, I now find that there is more information out there than I know what to do with.

This incredibly granular democratization is true for all forms of culture, whether it's music, movies, politics, TV, religion or any other bizarre interest you might find.

And as far as Red Dwarf goes, it's apples and oranges. Comparing the Red Dwarf books to the HHGG books isn't fair, you should probably compare the TV show to the original HHGG radio show. I enjoyed the books, but they're definitely different. Besides, I think Terry Pratchett's Discworld books are better than both.

Your work is ingenious! It's quality work! And there are simply too many notes! That's all! Just cut a few and it will be perfect

More is more

Usually it's "less is more" for music. Personally, I think quality is measured in speed and brutality -- but I don't even play an instrument. :-)