Dick Heath wrote: Chances are that if you live in the UK you have just missed  BBC 4 TV documentary Timeshift Progressive Rock (10pm Wednesday night)- which stated at its beginning to whether prog was as bad as it has been made out. Wheel in pundits Charles Murray Shaar, the late John Peel, Bob (boring) Harris and Stuart McConnie, plus Paul Stump, (so called expert). Interesting footage long forgotten, of both the  usual suspects but add Can, Focus, Radiohead . Potted history with the usual inaccuracies. Tommy Vance narrating - totally wrong. Steve Hackett and Bill Bruford providing the modern day perspectives. Summary best least biassed prog documentary yet - but still a long way to go - 6/10 And to complete 2 hours (nearly) of prog tonight on BBC 4, the repeat of Prog Rock Family Trees. As soon as I heard Peel's voice narrating the, I felt hypocracy coming and turned off - besides I'd seen it before and Krimson are hardly mentioned. Equally I feel the hypocracy too stemming from Peel's justification for enjoying the Fall  - NOTE: I'd persisted and sat through a documentary on the Mark E Smith and the Fall  (one of Peel's favourite band) last week on BBC 4 - Peel's words expressing his enjoyment of the Fall's music, sounding the opposite of what he said about prog, but totally failing to convince me. Knowing BBC 4 if you missed this, it'll be repeated two or three times in the next 7 days - check the programme listing for the TV channel.

Geesh  That sounds good. 

All we get in the States is Gene Simmons as a guest judge on American Idol. 

Even Paula Abdul made him look stupid.