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Instant gratification - the phenomenon of ‘taking the gig home with you straight after the show’
I'm very much in favour of buying recordings of gigs I've attended, should they become available at some date after the concert in...
garethsprogblog
Oct 12, 20246 min read
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A proggy read
With Christmas not long past, I’ve been attempting to wade through the novels I received as gifts, and have just completed Hugh Howey’s...
garethsprogblog
Jan 9, 202310 min read
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Tickets, please!
When I first started going to Italy with the intention of seeing a live band, I felt I had to buy a ticket beforehand. Navigating...
garethsprogblog
Feb 9, 20226 min read
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Live albums for lockdown (part 1)
By this time of the year in 2019, even with a slow start, I’d seen ten gigs and attended Steve Hackett’s The Edge of Light playback,...
garethsprogblog
Jul 3, 20207 min read
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Hallowe'en
Something strange is going on in my local area. I’ve been around at home most evenings for the past two weeks and the fireworks...
garethsprogblog
Oct 28, 20177 min read
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The perfect length
I’ve just ripped a rather large pile of my wife’s CDs to mp3 for her which according to the categories ascribed by Windows Media Player...
garethsprogblog
Jul 11, 20176 min read
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Solo
Sometime in July my wife forwarded me an Amazon recommendation, Peter Hammill and the K Group Live At Rockpalast – Hamburg 1981, a DVD...
garethsprogblog
Aug 27, 20166 min read
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Broad church
Early in the new millennium, when progressive rock was emerging from underneath rocks and dragging itself out of slimy ponds, I...
garethsprogblog
Mar 28, 20157 min read
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The magic flute
Back in 2015, the lack of availability of albums by progressivo Italiano band Jumbo forced me to buy a download of DNA, the first of...
garethsprogblog
Jan 31, 20156 min read
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