Here's my look at this year's Top 10 prog albums, and tonight's playlist:

David Gilmour - Island Jam
Kino - Leave A Light On
Kino - Holding On
Magic Pie - Motions Of Desire
Magic Pie - Dream Vision
Glass Hammer - The Morning She Woke
Glass Hammer - Through A Glass Darkly
Pallas - The Bringer Of Dreams
Pallas - Ghostdancers
Echolyn - Lovesick Morning
Echolyn - Make Me Sway
Satellite - Beautiful World
Satellite - You Know And I Know
Quidam - The Fifth Season
Quidam - Surrevival
RPWL - World Through My Eyes
RPWL - New Stars Are Born
Riverside - Conceiving You
Riverside - I Turned You Down
Riverside - Before
Salem Hill - Stolen By Ghosts
Salem Hill - The Future Me

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Top 10 of 2005

1. Salem Hill - Mimi's Magic Moment (song of the year: Stolen By Ghosts)
2. Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
3. RPWL - World Through My Eyes
4. Quidam - surREvival
5. Satellite - Evening Games
6. Echolyn - The End Is Beautiful
7. Pallas - The Dreams Of Men
8. Glass Hammer - The Inconsolable Secret
9. Magic Pie - Motions Of Desire
10. Kino - Picture

Most Exciting Event of 2005 - Pink Floyd Reunion at Live 8

More Of The Same Award - Porcupine Tree and Neal Morse

Best Album not released - XsavioR "Caleidoscope"

Most Over-Hyped Albums - Wobbler "Hinterland" and Stream Of Passion "Embrace The Storm"

Most Interesting Release - Rain "Cerulean Blue" pre-released for free download

Remember, this is by no means an official countdown of any sort. If anyone has issue with any of this, here's something my high school government teacher always told us: "in America, you have the right to be wrong".

A couple Christmas songs mixed in tonight. Next week: Top 10 of 2005. Here's tonight's playlist:

Pendragon - The Wishing Well
IZZ - Deafening Silence
Salem Hill - The Joy Gem
Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas
Portishead - Roads
Porcupine Tree - Mellotron Scratch
House Of Not - Is That The Best You Can Do
Cyan - Man Amongst Men
Spiraling - Do You Hear What I Hear
Collage - Moonshine
Satellite - A Street Between Sunrise And Sunset
RPWL - Gentle Art Of Swimming
IZZ - Deception
Pendragon - The Wisdom Of Solomon
Shadow Gallery - Comfort Me
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas (Extended Version)

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Look for a site update soon (as soon as I get a few hours to spend on it )

EDIT: Still a work in progress, but at least I'm getting somewhere. Not sure if I did it right, but the playlist should appear in the Summary if you're listening to the podcast on an iPod or similar. I discovered a bug in the software that is not allowing me to save unique podcast info in separate blog entries, in other words, whatever I enter in one entry gets applied to every blog entry. Not good. I reported the bug to the developer, but until it's fixed, only the most recent podcast will be available via aggregator. Of course, the download links will still work as usual.

Listening to "My River Flows" by IZZ

Well, I made it through my first semester of school after a 25 year hiatus. Finished up finals today, and I feel pretty good about how they went. Now I gotta wait for my grades...

Good show tonight, check it out:

Collage - In Your Eyes (Live)
Spektrum - Chemical Release
Spiraling - Soundchaser (Live)
RPWL - Welcome To The Machine (Live)
U.K. - Carrying No Cross
Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
RPWL - Side By Side
Anne-Marie Helder - Blood Red Sky
Antimatter - Over Your Shoulder
Alan Parsons (featuring David Gilmour) - Return To Tunguska
Glass Hammer - Through A Glass Darkly
Kate Bush - Nocturn
Magenta - Sloth (String Mix)
Man On Fire - What The Canvas Hides
Little Atlas - Home
Liquid Scarlet - One Last Masquerade
Mark McCrite - Love Is Only Sleeping
Salem Hill - The Future Me
Spiraling - Do You Hear What I Hear

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Listening (non-stop) to "Second Life Syndrome" by Riverside

Hard to believe it's been 25 years since Mark David Chapman (why do psycho killers always have 3 names?) missed Yoko and killed John Lennon. A small tribute from Collage in tonight's show, as well as:

Glass Hammer - Long And Long Ago
Parallel Or 90 Degrees - The Time Capsule
Fish - Cliche
RPWL - New Stars Are Born (in all its 13 minute glory)
Collage - Give Peace A Chance
Jadis - Daylight Fades
Riverside - I Turned You Down
Pallas - Too Close To The Sun
Timothy Pure - MISha suPERHERo
Quidam - The Fifth Season
Echolyn - Arc Of Descent (Dancing In A Motel Just West Of Lincoln)
House Of Not - Behind The Veil
Presto Ballet - Bringin' It On
Arena - The Eyes Of Lara Moon
Aragon - The Silent Field
Metamorphosis - The Killing Machines
Ines Project - In My Street
Knight Area - Moods Inspiring Clouds
No-Man - Taste My Dream
Anne-Marie Helder - No Other Lover
Riverside - Conceiving You

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