Aug 2005
End of an era... or a new beginning?
Aug. 31, 2005 20:12
First things first.
Here's tonight's playlist:
Echolyn - Misery, Not Memory
Galleon - Three Colours
Mostly Autumn - Carpe Diem
The Urbane - Loop
The Urbane - Immaculate
RPWL - New Stars Are Born
Echolyn - Lovesick Morning
Quidam - Everything's Ended
House Of Not - Pipedream
Magic Pie - Full Circle Poetry
Metamorphosis - When Kenny Was Sad
Anathema - Flying
Satellite - Beautiful World
Xsavior - A Snake In Paradise
Karmakanic - At The Speed Of Light
Riverside - Reality Dream I
Riverside - Loose Heart
Riverside - Reality Dream II
Echolyn - The End Is Beautiful
Click here to download podcast.
Monday night, my friend Gruno did his final broadcast of Guilty Pleasures at The Dividing Line. After 3 years, it was decided that his webcast no longer fit the format of the station. Whether he quit or was forced out is really not relevant. When you are told that your show must contain a certain percentage of a certain genre of music which you've never played, what are you going to do, not comply? And if you don't, are they going to let you stay? No. And who defines what music fits the genre? Semantics.
I, as were some others, was wondering how, for example, a 100% Beatles show might fit on a "progressive rock" internet radio station that requires at least 85% prog content (I could never make this shit up) when Gruno's show doesn't. Guess it just depends who you are. Gruno's show was always well attended (and not by other DJs just parking themselves in the chatroom), and definitely had the highest female audience. It was also the most professionally done webcast I think I've heard, you could tell he put a lot of time and effort into it, and cared about his listeners. Live on the phone interviews. Live in-studio performances. With many musicians in both progressive and non-prog bands. Always entertaining.
Guilty Pleasures, by defintion, was about music the prog fan likes, but really shouldn't admit to liking. That's what it was, what it always was. And it worked. Never claimed to be anything else (like saying you're going to play music that never gets heard on commercial radio, then filling your playlist with one of the most-played classic rock bands of all time).
So why do I care... Well, one of my early experiences with internet radio came via the Spocks Beard message board. One of the moderators did (and still does) a show called PapaJ's Matinee, at that time, on the Dividing Line. A great, FUN show. A real sense of community in the chat. By way of his show, I was turned onto some great music I wasn't familiar with. And I was also introduced to the rest of the station. Gary Sauer's show (who has since moved to ProgRock) and Gruno's were instant hits with me. And it was always more than the music. Like I said, the sense of community. I guess after all this time, I still feel a sense of ownership over there. I'll get over it.
Somehow, "community" disappeared. PapaJ left after, among other things, being accused by a member of "station management" (why does an internet radio station need a 3 member management team and a "Mission Statement"?) of continually clicking the download link for his show archive in order to "pad his stats" (like anyone has the time to do that). Nice way to treat the guy who literally put your station on the map. Who gives a flying fuck about stats! Apparently, there are some that do. That was the end of the "old" Dividing Line, things were never the same. He was the one who attracted most of us there (including, I believe, one member of "management"), he and Gruno both, with their collection of Kevin Gilbert material. He also inspired some of us to give this DJ thing a try. And in the 4 years since, a lot of friendships have been made that will last for years.
My feelings towards the station really soured after that (although, I still personally like Rene and Shawn), and time did not change my feelings about what happened. I felt like a hypocrite doing a show on a station I couldn't support emotionally. I never really said why I left either publicly or privately. Now you know.
Community has been replaced by cliques. DJ's worried about their "ratings". Only supporting certain shows and not others. It's all so petty. Internet radio is not a commercial venture. It's hardly a blip on the radar of the record companies, even to those who specialize in progressive rock. A hobby. If a group of listeners who take the time to find your station and take the time to figure out how to listen to the stream is happy with a show, and support it week after week, year after year, isn't that more important than a "format"?
Anyway, I know Gruno will be back, probably sooner than most of us think. Keep an eye on StudioGruno for news and updates. Good luck to you Wayne
Listening to "Close To The Edge" by Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe
Echolyn - Misery, Not Memory
Galleon - Three Colours
Mostly Autumn - Carpe Diem
The Urbane - Loop
The Urbane - Immaculate
RPWL - New Stars Are Born
Echolyn - Lovesick Morning
Quidam - Everything's Ended
House Of Not - Pipedream
Magic Pie - Full Circle Poetry
Metamorphosis - When Kenny Was Sad
Anathema - Flying
Satellite - Beautiful World
Xsavior - A Snake In Paradise
Karmakanic - At The Speed Of Light
Riverside - Reality Dream I
Riverside - Loose Heart
Riverside - Reality Dream II
Echolyn - The End Is Beautiful
Click here to download podcast.
Monday night, my friend Gruno did his final broadcast of Guilty Pleasures at The Dividing Line. After 3 years, it was decided that his webcast no longer fit the format of the station. Whether he quit or was forced out is really not relevant. When you are told that your show must contain a certain percentage of a certain genre of music which you've never played, what are you going to do, not comply? And if you don't, are they going to let you stay? No. And who defines what music fits the genre? Semantics.
I, as were some others, was wondering how, for example, a 100% Beatles show might fit on a "progressive rock" internet radio station that requires at least 85% prog content (I could never make this shit up) when Gruno's show doesn't. Guess it just depends who you are. Gruno's show was always well attended (and not by other DJs just parking themselves in the chatroom), and definitely had the highest female audience. It was also the most professionally done webcast I think I've heard, you could tell he put a lot of time and effort into it, and cared about his listeners. Live on the phone interviews. Live in-studio performances. With many musicians in both progressive and non-prog bands. Always entertaining.
Guilty Pleasures, by defintion, was about music the prog fan likes, but really shouldn't admit to liking. That's what it was, what it always was. And it worked. Never claimed to be anything else (like saying you're going to play music that never gets heard on commercial radio, then filling your playlist with one of the most-played classic rock bands of all time).
So why do I care... Well, one of my early experiences with internet radio came via the Spocks Beard message board. One of the moderators did (and still does) a show called PapaJ's Matinee, at that time, on the Dividing Line. A great, FUN show. A real sense of community in the chat. By way of his show, I was turned onto some great music I wasn't familiar with. And I was also introduced to the rest of the station. Gary Sauer's show (who has since moved to ProgRock) and Gruno's were instant hits with me. And it was always more than the music. Like I said, the sense of community. I guess after all this time, I still feel a sense of ownership over there. I'll get over it.
Somehow, "community" disappeared. PapaJ left after, among other things, being accused by a member of "station management" (why does an internet radio station need a 3 member management team and a "Mission Statement"?) of continually clicking the download link for his show archive in order to "pad his stats" (like anyone has the time to do that). Nice way to treat the guy who literally put your station on the map. Who gives a flying fuck about stats! Apparently, there are some that do. That was the end of the "old" Dividing Line, things were never the same. He was the one who attracted most of us there (including, I believe, one member of "management"), he and Gruno both, with their collection of Kevin Gilbert material. He also inspired some of us to give this DJ thing a try. And in the 4 years since, a lot of friendships have been made that will last for years.
My feelings towards the station really soured after that (although, I still personally like Rene and Shawn), and time did not change my feelings about what happened. I felt like a hypocrite doing a show on a station I couldn't support emotionally. I never really said why I left either publicly or privately. Now you know.
Community has been replaced by cliques. DJ's worried about their "ratings". Only supporting certain shows and not others. It's all so petty. Internet radio is not a commercial venture. It's hardly a blip on the radar of the record companies, even to those who specialize in progressive rock. A hobby. If a group of listeners who take the time to find your station and take the time to figure out how to listen to the stream is happy with a show, and support it week after week, year after year, isn't that more important than a "format"?
Anyway, I know Gruno will be back, probably sooner than most of us think. Keep an eye on StudioGruno for news and updates. Good luck to you Wayne
Listening to "Close To The Edge" by Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe
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What a maroon! (and new Echolyn)
Aug. 25, 2005 18:27
How embarrassing. You can hear it, right in this
weeks podcast. My initial plan was "nothing but
f-ing epics", which of course, had to include the
greatest prog epic of all, "Stranger In Your
Soul". So after introducing it as such, what do I
do? Play "Duel With The Devil" of course! Oh
well, it could have been worse.
So my plan changed when I opened my mailbox today and found my autographed copy of Echolyn's new album "The End Is Beautiful", which you'll hear on today's show. Here's your playlist:
Wobbler - Serenade For 1652 / Hinterland
Transatlantic - Duel With The Devil
The Tangent - A Gap In The Night
Marillion - Hotel Hobbies / Warm Wet Circles / That Time Of The Night
Kaipa - Mindrevolutions
Echolyn - Georgia Pine
Echolyn - Heavy Blue Miles
Echolyn - Lovesick Morning
Echolyn - Make Me Sway
Echolyn - The End Is Beautiful
Echolyn - So Ready
Echolyn - Arc Of Descent (Dancing In A Motel Just West Of Lincoln)
Echolyn - Misery, Not Memory
Ad Infinitum - Waterline
Click here to download podcast.
So far, school is going OK, after a stressful first couple of days. I made an adjustment in my schedule, and I'm feeling much better about it right now. The homework, especially all the reading, is taking a lot of time. Because of this, I'm considering moving the show to Thursdays. I'll post if and when I make my final decision.
Listening to "A Natural Disaster" by Anathema
So my plan changed when I opened my mailbox today and found my autographed copy of Echolyn's new album "The End Is Beautiful", which you'll hear on today's show. Here's your playlist:
Wobbler - Serenade For 1652 / Hinterland
Transatlantic - Duel With The Devil
The Tangent - A Gap In The Night
Marillion - Hotel Hobbies / Warm Wet Circles / That Time Of The Night
Kaipa - Mindrevolutions
Echolyn - Georgia Pine
Echolyn - Heavy Blue Miles
Echolyn - Lovesick Morning
Echolyn - Make Me Sway
Echolyn - The End Is Beautiful
Echolyn - So Ready
Echolyn - Arc Of Descent (Dancing In A Motel Just West Of Lincoln)
Echolyn - Misery, Not Memory
Ad Infinitum - Waterline
Click here to download podcast.
So far, school is going OK, after a stressful first couple of days. I made an adjustment in my schedule, and I'm feeling much better about it right now. The homework, especially all the reading, is taking a lot of time. Because of this, I'm considering moving the show to Thursdays. I'll post if and when I make my final decision.
Listening to "A Natural Disaster" by Anathema
Totally Title Tracks!
Aug. 17, 2005 20:16
That's right... nothing but title tracks on
tonight's show:
Aragon - The Angel's Tear
Art In America - Art In America
Mostly Autumn - Storms Over Still Water
Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds
Porcupine Tree - Up The Downstair
Quidam - Surrevival
Riverside - Out Of Myself
Knight Area - The Sun Also Rises
RPWL - World Through My Eyes
The Tangent - The World That We Drive Through
A.C.T - Today's Report
Blackfield - Blackfield
Rocket Scientists - Oblivion Days
Satellite - Evening Games
Jadis - Understand
Enchant - Break
The Gathering - Nighttime Birds
Karmakanic - Wheel Of Life
Karnataka - Delicate Flame Of Desire
Anathema - A Natural Disaster
Carptree - Superhero
Collage - Safe
Click here to download podcast.
I've been riding my bicycle quite a bit lately. Tuesday and Thursday are my cardio days for physical therapy, so rather than walk on a treadmill indoors, I've been taking advantage of the great weather. The Illinois and Michigan Canal Trail is just beautiful. I've been taking a lot of pictures. If I get them online I'll be sure to post a link.
Aragon - The Angel's Tear
Art In America - Art In America
Mostly Autumn - Storms Over Still Water
Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds
Porcupine Tree - Up The Downstair
Quidam - Surrevival
Riverside - Out Of Myself
Knight Area - The Sun Also Rises
RPWL - World Through My Eyes
The Tangent - The World That We Drive Through
A.C.T - Today's Report
Blackfield - Blackfield
Rocket Scientists - Oblivion Days
Satellite - Evening Games
Jadis - Understand
Enchant - Break
The Gathering - Nighttime Birds
Karmakanic - Wheel Of Life
Karnataka - Delicate Flame Of Desire
Anathema - A Natural Disaster
Carptree - Superhero
Collage - Safe
Click here to download podcast.
I've been riding my bicycle quite a bit lately. Tuesday and Thursday are my cardio days for physical therapy, so rather than walk on a treadmill indoors, I've been taking advantage of the great weather. The Illinois and Michigan Canal Trail is just beautiful. I've been taking a lot of pictures. If I get them online I'll be sure to post a link.
August 10
Aug. 10, 2005 20:21
Here's tonight's
playlist:
Which 1's Pink - Dogs
RPWL - Home Again
The Tangent - Exponenzgesetz
Timothy Pure - Privileges
White Willow - Nightside Of Eden
Wobbler - Leprechaun Behind The Door
Ad Infinitum - A Winter's Tale
Glass Hammer - Having Caught A Glimpse
Janison Edge - The Day That I Fall
Arena - The Eyes Of Lara Moon
Xsavior - Take Me Home
Antimatter - A Portrait Of The Young Man As An Artist
Blackfield - Glow
Marillion - Fantastic Place
Parallel Or 90 Degrees - Shoulder To Shoulder
RPWL - Farewell
Porcupine Tree - Start Of Something Beautiful
Quidam - Queen Of Moulin Rouge
Satellite - I'll Follow The Rain
Click to download podcast
Not much else to talk about tonight. One of our listeners (Klytus in Melbourne) was in chat today and we were talking about our dogs. So, I thought I'd post a picture of Trooper. Yes, he's as goofy as he looks
Which 1's Pink - Dogs
RPWL - Home Again
The Tangent - Exponenzgesetz
Timothy Pure - Privileges
White Willow - Nightside Of Eden
Wobbler - Leprechaun Behind The Door
Ad Infinitum - A Winter's Tale
Glass Hammer - Having Caught A Glimpse
Janison Edge - The Day That I Fall
Arena - The Eyes Of Lara Moon
Xsavior - Take Me Home
Antimatter - A Portrait Of The Young Man As An Artist
Blackfield - Glow
Marillion - Fantastic Place
Parallel Or 90 Degrees - Shoulder To Shoulder
RPWL - Farewell
Porcupine Tree - Start Of Something Beautiful
Quidam - Queen Of Moulin Rouge
Satellite - I'll Follow The Rain
Click to download podcast
Not much else to talk about tonight. One of our listeners (Klytus in Melbourne) was in chat today and we were talking about our dogs. So, I thought I'd post a picture of Trooper. Yes, he's as goofy as he looks
The Library
Aug. 09, 2005 23:42
My buddy Frank commented recently on my old Music
Library page I used to have posted. Well, I just
put it back up. This is MOST of my entire
library, not just prog-related. I've got a lot of
other stuff (especially Marillion) that would be
really redundant if I took the time to rip it
all. I've also got music en-route, so I'll try to
keep this page up-to-date. BTW, it's a 3MB html
file, be patient and let it load. iTunes Music Library
Listening to "The Inconsolable Secret" by Glass Hammer
Listening to "The Inconsolable Secret" by Glass Hammer
August already?
Aug. 03, 2005 21:27
Where is the summer going? Featured a new album
by a Swedish band called Xsavior. The album is
called Caleidoscope. Good stuff. Here's tonight's
playlist:
Glass Hammer - Long And Long Ago
Xsavior - April Skies
Xsavior - Lex The Fly
Carptree - Man Made Machine
Cyan - Man Amongst Men
House Of Not - Blood From A Stone
Erik Norlander - Epilogue: Sky Full Of Stars
Jadis - Holding Your Breath
Karnataka - Heart Of Stone
Quidam - Everything's Ended
Riverside - The Curtain Falls
Timothy Pure - Hush
Toy Matinee - There Was A Little Boy
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Requiem: The Fifth
Xsavior - In Memorial Of...
Xsavior - By The Golden River
Xsavior - Waves Of The Sea
The Urbane - The Tide
Jimmy Chamberlin Complex - Cranes Of Prey
Ines Project - Making Movies In Hollywood
Satellite - Fight
Xsavior - Xsavior
Click to download podcast
Listening to "Schizophrenic Clinic with Gary Sauer" on ProgRock.com
Glass Hammer - Long And Long Ago
Xsavior - April Skies
Xsavior - Lex The Fly
Carptree - Man Made Machine
Cyan - Man Amongst Men
House Of Not - Blood From A Stone
Erik Norlander - Epilogue: Sky Full Of Stars
Jadis - Holding Your Breath
Karnataka - Heart Of Stone
Quidam - Everything's Ended
Riverside - The Curtain Falls
Timothy Pure - Hush
Toy Matinee - There Was A Little Boy
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Requiem: The Fifth
Xsavior - In Memorial Of...
Xsavior - By The Golden River
Xsavior - Waves Of The Sea
The Urbane - The Tide
Jimmy Chamberlin Complex - Cranes Of Prey
Ines Project - Making Movies In Hollywood
Satellite - Fight
Xsavior - Xsavior
Click to download podcast
Listening to "Schizophrenic Clinic with Gary Sauer" on ProgRock.com