Challenging.

very well said. 

I read it as humorous though.  I quite commonly joke around with a straight-face often employing absurdity and hyperbole.  There are so many different ways that people interpret intent.

The presentation sounded like a reproach.

How dare we not know these concept albums from an artist whose name is not even mentioned in the presentation. 

Perhaps you're not relaxed enough to assess the humor and humility, Christi? 

I just agreed to the user above me.

You are a bit hostile in your presentation as well. 

Relaxed enough for this thread?! Probably not... 

It was this that made me laugh...

Really, the comments that don't address the music are proving a self-defeating point about the commenters. 

So much time and process wasted not assessing the material itself. Perhaps you share your thoughts on the music, and keep the tone civil. 

JD wrote: It was this that made me laugh... "analog engineering with 24-bit high-resolution audio at every digital stage." Read..."Using my mouse I twiddled the knobs on my laptop and made a CD"

Listening would give you a different reading. Unless you know how to twiddle out a guitar lead such as Fire Delegation's, from Four Corners? 

how am I not civil? 

Sometimes I'm amazed how people completely pass by clear second degree humour...

That said, I found the presentation very convincing in that it was incredible enough to make me curious... So, I listened to a couple of tracks (I see now that there are "tracks to dip your toes in" suggested; did you add those later, Erin? I don't think I listened to any of these). I think Pink Floyd can Breathe with some relief: their success will probably not be equalled...

For my tastes it is a bit too much subdued and ambient, but I listened only to 4 or 5 tracks and some snippets... By heart - I listened to them this morning - I think the track Galvanized (if I remember the title well) was the most interesting of those heard... If I tip my toes in those suggested will it be very different?

I might listen to some of it while getting a massage. I took most of what was written in your post as pure jest. I was interested to hear what they were like but I have to say I was a little under whelmed.

But don't pay any mind to me...I'm an ELP fanboy !

Thank you for your contribution. "Our living is as rich as our attention is available." I'm wishing to minimize my interaction in this thread, but you've asked questions in good faith, and in my own good faith and integrity, I cannot deny you the opportunity to be answered. I did add those suggestions later on--the format of the albums (structural conceptual listens not written for commercial gain) does not lend itself to immediate accessibility. That said, your perception is likely to be very different if you dip your toes onto those suggested tracks--they will showcase a variety of compositional approaches that speak to the broader variety the pentology offers, while demonstrating the integrity of each individual album's cohesivity. Ambient isn't the primary quality of this music--wouldn't you consider it to be too intentional and cohesive for ambient?--integrity is. Pay attention to the harmonies, counterpoint, and unique rhythmic and structural qualities that interlock with them. I did not list the most commercially accessible tracks from the records (stuff like Smashed Brat, Look What We Have Here, Pentobarbital), but with attentive listening, one will come to see the accessible nature of each track and its place within the album and pentology itself. One might even discover the direct musical connections that tie each track and album.

Ooh, did somebody ask for a solid, legitimate source? How about a legal journal!

https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1456&context=wmjowl" rel="nofollow - Has The Future Already Been Forgotten? A Post-2007 Transgender Legal History Told Through the Eyes of the Late, (Rarely) Great Employment Non-Discrimination Act

This source alleges that the HRC is a flawed, corrupt organization that doesn't adequately represent LGBT Americans. It does not mention anything about blackmail, extortion, federal investigations or genocide, let alone coups or human trafficking.

The music you posted has a strange atmosphere and interesting twists here and there; some of it kind of sounds like something Frank Zappa would make if he tried to make new age music in the mid-80s. Not bad, but I think you might be overselling it just a little bit. The production also sounds a bit flat and rushed if you ask me; some instruments could stand to use a little more reverb, and some songs on your latest album sound as if a part were cut off at the beginning.

Overall this whole thread makes me little uncomfortable more than anything. I cannot figure out where this auteur actually stands on the issues which she attempts to address and I'm not sure if I even want to find out.

This . . .

At which point did you provide any supporting arguments or evidence for any assertation you have made? The only thing approaching an actual argument from you is a piece of conjecture related to an assumption about popularity, an "appeal to mass" fallacy. Please, what necessities drives your quantity of empty words? 

Nice and pleasant little themes. I think they got potential. Just listen to what The Necks can to for over an hour working with less:

These actions say a lot more about the bad-faith performance and procedural structural failings of these team members to do their jobs correctly, these actions do not convey integrity or authority in the matters the team members proport. Fact is, all these team members with newbie join dates are failing to respect their elders. My presence here dates back to 2004. Honor necessity, honor sufficiency. Honesty and integrity are the only respect.

Am I not included by virtue of my membership and long history of participation? 

To directly address your question, you might http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=123190" rel="nofollow - see that I have , and I've fully addressed it in this thread. It got moved at least once. I had two primary records at the time. Now I've five. 

It's called https://soundcloud.com/erin-susan-jennings/fractal-fracture-1/s-MvBA9zVzgnU?in=erin-susan-jennings/sets/bell-ivans/s-WBtvqQgrPi7" rel="nofollow - Fractal Fracture . If you fail to listen to it, it'll be noted. 

First point: learn to recognize humor.

Second point: why didn't you think to check my post history, or even my replies in the thread, before making an ass of yourself by derailing my thread unnecessarily and moving it inappropriately? Please stop showing your whole ass in front of one who's got seniority. Learn to respect your prog elders.

Third point: where's your assessment? 

Duddick wrote: Wow. The entitlement just gets worse!!?

I feel entitled to procedure. You feel entitled to troll off-topic. Which is a problem?