Tonight’s show is my last in my home of the past 6+ years. Chris, Anna, and I moved here in February of 2002, and our lives have seen “the full gamut” as Andy Tillison so aptly put it: joy, sorrow, accomplishment, elation, tragedy, sadness, frustration, but through all of it there has always been two overriding emotions that have held it all together; humor and love. When we moved here we didn’t expect to be here this long. I thought we’d be able to buy a house after a couple of years, but all that changed with one slip of a ladder.

Chris recently got a place in Chicago closer to work. The frustration of fighting traffic for up to four hours a day finally got to be too much, and lately her job has become demanding to the point that all of her time was being spent doing work-related things. Until my work comp case is settled and Anna finishes junior college, I felt I need to stay close to home until all things here are settled. Only problem is my SS Disability isn’t enough to afford to stay here, so I’m going to be spending some time with my parents for a while. I’m hopeful that when everthing is finally settled, Chris and I can buy an old house with a nice yard for Trooper and never have to move again. I’m allowed to dream...

New music on tonight’s show! Carl Westholm of Carptree has a solo project called Jupiter Society and is joined by Declan Burke of Darwin’s Radio. The album is called “First Contact//Last Warning”. We’ve also got the 3rd album from fellow Swede’s Brother Ape, this album is called, simply, “III”. And finally, after featuring the new album from Polish proggers Believe last month, we now bring you some bonus material from the special edition verision of “Yesterday Is A Friend”.

Due to my impending move, we won’t be broadcasting for the next two weeks. We’ll return to the air on Wednesday, July 9 at 6pm EDT at ProgRock, the FIRST name in progressive rock! Stay informed or keep in touch at www.myspace.com/interstellarjoel

• Abel Ganz - Ventura
• Brother Ape - Universal Eye
• Brother Ape - Cosmic Overdose 8pm
• Brother Ape - Monday Breakfast
• Brother Ape - No Answer
• Jupiter Society - The Pilot
• Jupiter Society - Bismark Expense
• Jupiter Society - Old Rigid and Remote
• Jupiter Society - Abduction
• Believe - I Wish I Could
• Believe - Holy Night
• Believe - Best Wishes For Robert Fripp
• Brother Ape - Another Day Of Wonder
• Brother Ape - Immortal
• Brother Ape - All I Really Want
• Brother Ape - Human Equation
• Brother Ape - Three
• Jupiter Society - The Enemy
• Jupiter Society - Solitude Unites Us
• Jupiter Society - 8511
• Jupiter Society - Presumed Dying
• Believe - Mystery Is Closer

Lots of trippy stuff tonight. We start by celebrating the upcoming live performances of “Atom Heart Mother” by Floyd collaborator Ron Geesin at next weekend’s Chelsea Festival to feature a special guest appearance by David Gilmour. We’ve also got the new album “Third” from Portishead.

• Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
• Porcupine Tree - Up The Downstair
• Phideaux - Space Brother
• Carptree - Looking For Something
• Portishead - Silence
• Portishead - Hunter
• Portishead - Nylon Smile
• Portishead - The Rip
• The Black Noodle Project - Introspection
• Captain Beyond - Sufficiently Breathless
• Fabric - Rainclouds
• Portishead - Plastic
• Portishead - We Carry On
• Portishead - Deep Water
• Portishead - Machine Gun
• No-Man - Beautiful Songs You Should Know (Alt. Version)
• chimpan A - The Secret Wish
• The Unknownn - Nocturnal (Extended Version)
• Portishead - Small
• Portishead - Magic Doors
• Portishead - Threads
• Days Between Stations - Laudanum
• Parallel Or 90 Degrees - The Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack

On another subject, I’ve been working on some family history research lately, and I’ve been badgering a first-cousin of my dad to meet with her as she is currently my oldest living relative. She also inherited a lot of pictures and documents from my great aunt when she passed away in 2000. Anyway, she called my tonight right at the end of my show and we have currently agreed to meet next Wednesday afternoon. I’ve been working on hooking up with her for months, so I’ll take what I can get, though it may interfere with my webcasting schedule. So, if nothing comes up between now and then to change our plans, I will not broadcast, or if I do it will be later in the evening. More on this next week.