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Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

I’m not sure I’d ever have wanted to have paid much more than 99p for an issue, as there was never particularly much I couldn’t have found otherwise on the internet, but it was a good way of passing time, to flick through the pages on my tablet. It’s been years since I read the mag, though, and I don’t feel I’m missing out.

When it comes to reviews, you write for one of the best Prog sites on the web, Nick; if I want to see what someone is saying about a recent album, TPA is the first place I tend to look, followed by Lazland, of course.

It was my go-to site for years, so you can imagine how flabbergasted I was when I was asked if I’d like to write for them. Honestly, there’s no site I would rather write for. Steve’s site is great, though - a real breath of fresh air!


Both of you are extremely kind, thank you. Incredibly, I have now reviewed over 50 albums in 2022, so by far the most prolific I have been in many years, and setting up the website has been a genuine joy.

I have four sets of interviews out, by the way, so hopefully news on these to follow shortly.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote PhideauxFan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2022 at 01:47
No ! I read Big Bang Magazine (France) and Prog-résiste (Belgium).
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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Both of you are extremely kind, thank you. Incredibly, I have now reviewed over 50 albums in 2022, so by far the most prolific I have been in many years, and setting up the website has been a genuine joy.

I have four sets of interviews out, by the way, so hopefully news on these to follow shortly.

You need to retire and pay yourself a stipend... Smile

Did you approach Rob for an interview about 'Acoustic Magenta'?
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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

I’m not sure I’d ever have wanted to have paid much more than 99p for an issue, as there was never particularly much I couldn’t have found otherwise on the internet, but it was a good way of passing time, to flick through the pages on my tablet. It’s been years since I read the mag, though, and I don’t feel I’m missing out.

When it comes to reviews, you write for one of the best Prog sites on the web, Nick; if I want to see what someone is saying about a recent album, TPA is the first place I tend to look, followed by Lazland, of course.

It was my go-to site for years, so you can imagine how flabbergasted I was when I was asked if I’d like to write for them. Honestly, there’s no site I would rather write for. Steve’s site is great, though - a real breath of fresh air!

Both of you are extremely kind, thank you. Incredibly, I have now reviewed over 50 albums in 2022, so by far the most prolific I have been in many years, and setting up the website has been a genuine joy.

I have four sets of interviews out, by the way, so hopefully news on these to follow shortly.

My big year for writing was 2020, pretty much because of the pandemic and lockdowns. By this date in 2020, I had already had around 100 reviews/interviews published on TPA, and that doesn’t include any of the mini-reviews (ADAs) I contributed. 😱

(I ended the year at around 150 reviews/interviews, not including ADAs.)

I believe, again not counting ADAs, that I’m on only around 30 reviews/interviews so far this year. It’s a lot harder to find the time to write, when you actually have to go to work! 😜


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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Both of you are extremely kind, thank you. Incredibly, I have now reviewed over 50 albums in 2022, so by far the most prolific I have been in many years, and setting up the website has been a genuine joy.

I have four sets of interviews out, by the way, so hopefully news on these to follow shortly.

You need to retire and pay yourself a stipend... Smile

Did you approach Rob for an interview about 'Acoustic Magenta'?

Mrs General and I have talked extensively about retirement this past couple of weeks. I only have two years, three months, and three days to go (who’s counting?LOL), so I will probably see it through to the big 60.

Rob is the next piece of work. I have been pretty busy after being contacted by four others for interviews. There is no great rush, as we have a good couple of months.
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Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

I’m not sure I’d ever have wanted to have paid much more than 99p for an issue, as there was never particularly much I couldn’t have found otherwise on the internet, but it was a good way of passing time, to flick through the pages on my tablet. It’s been years since I read the mag, though, and I don’t feel I’m missing out.

When it comes to reviews, you write for one of the best Prog sites on the web, Nick; if I want to see what someone is saying about a recent album, TPA is the first place I tend to look, followed by Lazland, of course.

It was my go-to site for years, so you can imagine how flabbergasted I was when I was asked if I’d like to write for them. Honestly, there’s no site I would rather write for. Steve’s site is great, though - a real breath of fresh air!

Both of you are extremely kind, thank you. Incredibly, I have now reviewed over 50 albums in 2022, so by far the most prolific I have been in many years, and setting up the website has been a genuine joy.

I have four sets of interviews out, by the way, so hopefully news on these to follow shortly.

My big year for writing was 2020, pretty much because of the pandemic and lockdowns. By this date in 2020, I had already had around 100 reviews/interviews published on TPA, and that doesn’t include any of the mini-reviews (ADAs) I contributed. 😱

(I ended the year at around 150 reviews/interviews, not including ADAs.)

I believe, again not counting ADAs, that I’m on only around 30 reviews/interviews so far this year. It’s a lot harder to find the time to write, when you actually have to go to work! 😜



Ah, the daily commute. I remember him wellLOL
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^^ I on the other hand, don't think I will ever be able to afford to retire and find it difficult to think about Prog when you are putting cream on someone's bottom.. Embarrassed
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Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

I haven't bought an issue in quite some time. I usually just look at the pictures.

Same here... Must be years since I bought one, but I've got buddies buying it more often than I do (so I peruse it over at their place), and for the latest one (maniacal Frippy on the cover), I bought it for some friend that has to travel 100 km (one way) to buy it - so I'm currently busy reading that one. 


Most of it is boring, IMHO, which is why I stopped buying it. As for the hefty price in Continental Europe (roughly twice the UK price), it's rather too expensive for what it's actually worth to me. 


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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I used to but not anymore. Every single one of their covers has a super well known prog artist on it (Ian Anderson, Dream Theater, Fish, Steven Wilson, Rush, etc). Why not put some lesser known bands on the cover? How are they going to get more exposure if they aren't even recognized as important enough to be on the cover. I've never even seen TFK or Spock's Beard on the cover which is more than I can say for Progression magazine who were a bit more daring in that department. The main reason I stopped buying it though is because I already have way too many and I can as easily look up information on bands  online. Soon after I stopped buying it they stopped with the free cd anyway.

They have stated in the past that the reason they put big names on the cover is that they are more likely to attract the casual buyer if they see someone like Ian Anderson on the cover whilst rummaging through the shelves of WH Smith.
Also the free CD has been replaced with a free download.
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My wife bought me a subscription as a birthday present back... i dont remember but near where it started.. anyway it just kept plopping through the letterbox (well, scrunching in a rather bruised, creased way most times..) and sometimes i'd think 'that was ok' and sometimes 'Meh' and very occasionally 'really good'. I listened to about half a dozen random tracks off the CDs thats all. When i changed jobs and we had to downsize and cut costs it dawned on me that it had been a rolling subscription.. i hate to think what it cost over the years. Anyway some lucky individual acquired 2 huge boxes of of Mags, covers, cds, whatever came with them for 40 quid when we last moved.. and blow me down another f***ing box (about 30 of the damn things!) turned up with a load of stuff when we unpacked!! Anyone interested??? 

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I have ordered the ones I have interest in, have not in over a year. I did like the cover CD they included which sounds like that has stopped.....As well I wonder what the postage is now to get one to me from across the pond.
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I don't subscribe, nor would I play the full cover price. But if an issue looks appealing I may by a cheap, used copy from ebay. 
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Hi,

Having been with the music right from the start, let's say Sgt Peppers and TSMR, and then Moody Blues, I have never found a single magazine that was worth its weight in the dollars we paid for it. 

Perhaps, the only one, that I bought occasionally when we could make it to downtown LA (a really nice magazine store there on 5th and Hill), was THE MELODY MAKER, and even then, I did not like some of their articles and discussions ... like trashing TD in the early days, and then kissing DSOTM as the best toilet paper around! And in some ways, the full out blow of PG leaving Genesis was in the center of one issue and it mentioned a lot of things that we do not wish to discuss or appreciate, that in most cases, WERE, what "progressive" was really all about ... but we ended up not bothering to read much of it, and I think that PG got sad and retreated to just singles and songs, which his album all had in the end ... there never again was a "concept" that was meaningful at all ... and for me, it was hard to "stay" with PG ... even though there was a lot of nice stuff. I kinda thought of it as half empty/half full kind of thing, and Genesis was the same, though after the next album from TLLDOB was the last of theirs that I ever bought! I did get some of the solo albums, and specially got to love Anthony Phillips and his massive amount of outstanding work. Not to mention that he was a gentleman that appreciated poetry in his music!

But, in all honesty, I have never really thought that any of those magazines were worth the price, although I did buy one or two here and there, and seeing so much bad stuff written about so many bands that deserve the credit as "progressive" was just too depressing for me.

Even PA is far better than any of those rags, since it has, at least, enough folks that KNOW what the music is about and value it!
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In all honesty, with the massive content of PA, I've never been tempted to buy a copy of Prog magazine!
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

I have never bought a single issue as I suppose I feel I can find all I want around the net.

I must admit, I have thought about it on a number of occasions, but then I've taken a look at the cover price...

Sometimes they don't say a lot, so you are probably wise.  The only plus side to this magazine is sometimes they show new releases before it's release date. 

The price here in Canada is too much to justify the cost of buying and like you, you can normally find most things on the internet.  Probably the only time I might buy this magazine if I see this in the airport to read on the plane.
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Originally posted by noni noni wrote:

Probably the only time I might buy this magazine if I see this in the airport to read on the plane.

I'd suggest that if you can afford a plane ticket, you can also afford the mag! LOL

It's been 20 years since I went on a plane... Embarrassed

Seriously though, the cover price here is £8, now without the cover CD they used to produce. Most of the information about Prog I need, I can find online at great sites such as this and Nick's TPA. If I head over to the MusicMagpie bargain section, I can pick up 4 CDs post free for £8, which can include loads of Classic & Prog Rock... for me, that's just a more productive way of spending the money... Smile  
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