Playlist - 25 February 2023

Tonight featuring almost an hour of all-Australian prog metal and general heaviness after 9 o'clock.

8pm
Yogi Lang     No decoder (2010) (No Decoder)
Yogi Lang    A better place for me (2010) (No Decoder)
RWPL    Sunday morning (2002) (Trying To Kiss The Sun)
Queen    The prophet’s song (1975) (A Night At The Opera)
Buffalo    Sunrise (come my way) (1972) (Volcanic Rock)
Rush    2112 (1976) (2112)
9pm
Lucid Planet    Organic hard drive (2020) (Lucid Planet II)
Red Sea    The One (2020) (Sanguine)
Teramaze    An ordinary dream (2015) (Her Halo)
Three Wise Monkeys    Procrustes (2019) (Isolation)
Lacrymae    Theorem (2009) (The Hallowed Design)
Hoodoo Gurus    Get out of Dodge (2022) (Chariot Of The Gods)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum    Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

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There may (or may not) be any Frank Zappa on tonight's show, but here is something from the interwebs ahead of tomorrow night's Fringe gig by Lather, Adelaide's own Zappa tribute band - "Hey, what kind of a guru are you anyway? Don't you waste your time on me...":

Playlist - 18 February 2023

8pm
Rush    Grand designs (1985) (Power Windows)
Porcupine Tree    Four chords that made a million (2000) (Lightbulb Sun)
Porcupine Tree    The rest will flow (2000) (Lightbulb Sun)
Porcupine Tree    Stranger by the minute (live in studio, 2010) (2020) (Pure Narcotic – Acoustic Session 2012)
Steven Wilson    The raven that refused to sing (2013) (The Raven That Refused To Sing)
Porcupine Tree    Time flies (2009) (The Incident)
Steven Wilson    Sound of muzak (live, 2018) (2018) (Home Invasion in concert at the Royal Albert Hall)
Steven Wilson    Personal shopper (2020) (The Future Bites)
9pm
Emily Barker    The woman who planted trees (2020) (A Dark Murmuration Of Words)
Spectrum    Jenwah (2011) (Breathing Space As Well)
Spectrum    Xavier Rudd is not my son (2011) (Breathing Space Too)
Spectrum    Star crazy (2008) (Breathing Space)
Spectrum    Sensible shoes (live, 2003) (Forever Music presents: Series One – Seasons Of Change)
Ariel    Rock ‘n roll scars (live, 1975) (A-Reefer-Derci / Rock n Roll Scars, bonus track)
Spectrum    What the world needs is a new pair of socks (1971) (Milesago)
Mike Rudd    Lottery (2015) (demo)
Doug Parkinson    Do not go gentle (words by Dylan Thomas) (1974) (Stone OST)
Hoodoo Gurus    Get out of Dodge (2022) (Chariot Of The Gods)

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Music with pictures...

For the new (non-prog rock) playout track planned for 9:55pm, for the foreseeable future, for Seasons Of Change, our weekly expedition into the musical world of progressive rock from Australia and elsewhere...

The happy chappies from Canada, Rush, with Grand Designs, live:

Is 9 hours and 44 minutes of compiled Frank Zappa interviews a bit over the top? You be the judge!

Too late for Burns Night, but still...

Playlist - 11 February 2023

Tonight starting with tributes to two very different musical personalities this week - Burt Bacharach (whose well-known compositions could themselves be heard for hours and hours) and Phil Spalding, a widely travelled bass player perhaps best known here on Saturday nights as a member of GTR, the "supergroup" formed by guitarists Steve Howe (ex-Yes) and Steve Hackett (ex-Genesis) and also as an occasional collaborator with Mike Oldfield. Plus a couple of songs you would have heard from Geoff Tate and his band last night at The Gov.

8pm
Elvis Costello    Toledo (1998) (Painted From Memory)
McCoy Tyner    (There's) Always something there to remind me (1997) (What the World Needs Now: The Music of Burt Bacharach)
Joe Cocker    Need your love so bad (1997) (Across From Midnight)
GTR    Reach out (never say no) (live, 1986) (1997) (King Biscuit Flower Hour)
Tubular World    Tubular Bells Part One (2019) (Tubular World)
9pm
Queensryche    Best I can (1990) (Empire)
Queensryche    Empire (1990) (Empire)
Dyssidia    Arrival (2020) (Costly Signals)
The Omnific    Posterity (2021) (Escapades)
All India Radio    Distance 3 (Outtake) (2022) (Lost Songs From Infinity)
The Pagan Love Cult    Hats off to Hoffmann (2017) (The Last Of The Long Lost Hippies)
Ben Rogers Instrumental Asylum    Seasons of change (2007) (Reverb Rehab)

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Music with pictures:

Now this is an extraordinarily trippy video...from The Pagan Love Cult (of Nimbin, or thereabouts), filmed at the release of their album (2017, or thereabouts)...

From Adelaide band Dyssida, a "guitar and bass playthrough" of tonight's heavy track:

Playlist - 4 February 2023

Tonight, with Waitangi Day coming up this Monday 6th February, a feast of music past and present from New Zealand, followed by an hour of mostly Aussie music from the early 1970's with just a brief interlude into the music of US progressive metal band Queensryche ahead of the gig this week in Adelaide of their ex-lead singer Geoff Tate.

8pm
Pencarrow    New light (2020) (Growth In The Absence Of Light)
Pencarrow    Portrait of my inner frailty (2020) (Growth In The Absence Of Light)
Pencarrow    Twins paradox (live) (2022) (Live At San Fran)
Look To Windward    Aqua Marina (2019) (In Fantasy)
Ragnarok    The Volsung (1976) (Nooks)
Dragon    Scented gardens for the blind (1975) (Scented Gardens For The Blind)
Split Enz    History never repeats (live, NZ, 1993) (Greatest Hits: Live)
9pm
Healing Force    Golden Miles (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Dave Miller Set    Mr Guy Fawkes (1969) (single only / Peculiar Hole In The Sky)
Dave Miller Set    No need to cry (1970) (single only / Psych Bites: Australian Freakrock 1967-1974)
Queensryche    Resistance (1990) (Empire)
Queensryche    Silent lucidity (1990) (Empire)
Levi Smith's Clefs    Lisa (1970) (Empty Monkey)
Jeff St John & Copperwine    Any orange night (1970) (Joint Effort)
The James Taylor Move    Still I can go on (1967) (single only, Peculiar Hole In The Sky)

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