Prog in unexpected public places.

twosteves wrote: Fox On The Rocks wrote: I heard Close To The Edge on Q107 Classic Rock (Toronto) the other day. Trust me, that never happens, ever. The DJ probably went for his lunch break, so he slapped something on that would keep him busy for a while!  well at least you still have commercial radio stations that play CTTE---in NYC that stopped a long time ago----

Yeah, but this was like a "once very blue moon" occurrence. I was just awed when I heard those birds and animals come chiming in - I honestly had a spiritual experience to say the least. There's not that many good stations in Toronto, other than Q107, but as progbethyname said above, it's your typical, same format classic rock station. It's pretty unique for the famous DJ's (Kim Mitchell - Max Webster, solo career - John Derringer) and legacy it's left though - The first, if not one of the first classic rock radio stations in Canada. Any good stations for Prog Rock in New York? Or as you said, were there ever any?

progbethyname wrote: Fox On The Rocks wrote: I heard Close To The Edge on Q107 Classic Rock (Toronto) the other day. Trust me, that never happens, ever. The DJ probably went for his lunch break, so he slapped something on that would keep him busy for a while!  Geez man that is really rare. Guess Kim MItchell went to the bathroom for a good 21mins! Lol. They play the same sh*t all the time!! I live in Toronto and radio is something I avoid all together. If you don't have Sirius radio then your in for a sh*t show. Lol. Anyway. Nice find.

Or he probably went for a soda! Got caught in traffic, and was requested to buy Patio Lanterns for his wife.

Yesterday evening on a local music TV station, inside a "vintage" program including a lot of 80s poornesses they have passed a live performance of very young Jethro Tull playing Aqualung. Preceeded by Marvin Gaye and followed by New Romantics, just to give an idea.

I've heard Focus' "Hocus Pocus" in a department store, Yes' "I've Seen All Good People" in a pizza place, Genesis' "Squonk" at the grocery store, Rush's "Freewill" at a gas station, and ELP's "Hoedown" at a sandwich shop. My dream of hearing prog in public has already come true, but I'm gonna wait as long as it takes just to hear"Supper's Ready" in the library or so.mething

Heard Tortoise's "Stretch (You Are All Right)" as one of the little connecting pieces of music on a local news radio station recently. Though brief, quite a pleasant surprise.

Rush make a musical appearance in this new advert for Volkswagen!

^ Well, that's a different story.  Eno meant his music to be ignorable (and interesting). Make that an exception.  (Not one of my favorite Eno albums, unfortunately.)

Edited by Dayvenkirq - November 02 2012 at 00:00

If you happen to be in our library right now, you're forced to listen to VDGG's Still Life for the next 15 minutes.

cstack3 wrote: Dayvenkirq wrote: ^ Actually, I find the very idea of using prog as background music a bit sickening. But what can I do? errrr....listen to Brian Eno's "Music for Airports" maybe?   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambient_1:_Music_for_Airports

MUSIC FOR LAND IS BETTER

Zargasheth wrote: Dayvenkirq wrote: ^ Actually, I find the very idea of using prog as background music a bit sickening. But what can I do? Well, there was nothing playing over it--it was just meant to serve as a transition between points. But maybe that's what you meant.