Progressive Palaver

Episode 82 – Pink Floyd Part 4, Ummagumma Paul, Ken and Joe dive into Pink Floyd’s foray into experimentation and sound design. Ummagumma seems to be a polarizing album for the group. Tom was unable to attend this Palaver but views this album VERY favorably. Joe doesn’t get it. Paul and Ken fill in the spectrum in between. Regardless, Ummagumma is an interesting album and a worthwhile Palaver. Twitter: @progpala Email: progpala@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ProgPala YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCw_Xxit3D8wbv-AcJ_7Z__w/featured Theme music provided by: Dave DeWhitt

Bonus Episode – Force Ranking King’s X Albums Joe, Ken, Tom and Paul follow through on an old Palaver (threat) promise and force rank the King’s X albums. Controversy reigns at the top and middle of our lists while there is relative harmony on the bottom. Keeping in mind, that all these albums are worthwhile and enjoyable and there is no wrong answer, we hope you take this in the spirit of fun in which it was intended. Twitter: @progpala Email: progpala@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ProgPala YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCw_Xxit3D8wbv-AcJ_7Z__w/featured Theme music provided by: Dave DeWhitt

Episode 81 – Pink Floyd Part 3, More Palaver for two, please! Ken and Joe strike off as a duo to cover Pink Floyd’s third album, the soundtrack for the film More. Ken deserves a perseverance award for putting up with Joe’s enthusiasm for this record. This album is an important step in the development of this band but, in Joe’s opinion, greatly benefits from the context of the movie. There are some gems in this record and sees growth across the full band. Twitter: @progpala Email: progpala@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ProgPala YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCw_Xxit3D8wbv-AcJ_7Z__w/featured Theme music provided by: Dave DeWhitt

Episode 80 – Pink Floyd Part 2, A Saucerful of Secrets Ken, Joe and Paul cover the second Pink Floyd album which sees the entrance of David Gilmour. The group continues to develop a very deep appreciation of all things Richard Wright. The group starts to take a deeper dive into the songwriting of Pink Floyd to really appreciate what makes this music so special. Apologies for the technical issues that manifest occasionally. Twitter: @progpala Email: progpala@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ProgPala YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCw_Xxit3D8wbv-AcJ_7Z__w/featured Theme music provided by: Dave DeWhitt

Star Wars Palaver – Force Ranking the Movies Joe, Tom and Paul spend some social distancing time force ranking (pun intended) all eleven Star Wars movies. Cerebral? Not really. Entertaining enough to pass some pandemic time? Hopefully. We certainly had fun and hope you do as well. Twitter: @progpala Email: progpala@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ProgPala YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCw_Xxit3D8wbv-AcJ_7Z__w/featured Theme music provided by: Dave DeWhitt

Episode 79 – Pink Floyd Part 1, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn Ken and Joe begin the Palaver’s segment on Pink Floyd (not surprisingly) at the beginning. After a relatively short preamble about their thoughts on the band in general, the group tackles Piper and a group led by Syd Barrett in their musical infancy. There is much to enjoy here and clearly shows the angle of attack Pink Floyd will use to enter the region of Prog Rock royalty. It turns out there is a bit of whimsy in early Floyd but apparently it doesn’t seem to bother Joe quite so much as other types of whimsy encountered previously. Twitter: @progpala Email: progpala@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ProgPala YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCw_Xxit3D8wbv-AcJ_7Z__w/featured Theme music provided by: Dave DeWhitt

Episode 78 – Toad the Wet Sprocket Part 2 – Dulcinea & Coil Paul, Joe and Ken cover these two superb albums from Toad the Wet Sprocket. Much of this episode is spent gushing over powerful and emotional (and sometimes uncomfortable) lyrics. The obvious Don Quixote connection is briefly examined as well as the fact that many of these song titles are mysteriously unknown to most of us. Coil has had a notorious place in Palaver history but as is often the case, once the mics turn on no one offers any dissent for how wonderful this album is. Twitter: @progpala Email: progpala@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ProgPala YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCw_Xxit3D8wbv-AcJ_7Z__w/featured Theme music provided by: Dave DeWhitt

Special Episode – Interview with Mark Anthony K of Projekt Gemineye Friend of the Palaver, Mark Anthony K spends some quality time with us chatting about his podcasts (the ever popular Yes Music Podcast and Kiss FAQ) as well as his own creative works as Projekt Gemineye. We all enjoy getting into the various aspects that have led to the Projekt Gemineye albums including inspiration, experience, songwriting, artwork and recording. It’s always a pleasure to spend time with Mark. Many thanks to him for sharing his refreshing perspectives with us. Twitter: @progpala Email: progpala@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ProgPala YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCw_Xxit3D8wbv-AcJ_7Z__w/featured Theme music provided by: Dave DeWhitt

Episode 77 – Toad the Wet Sprocket Part 1 – Bread and Circus, Pale & Fear Paul and Joe come back from a short hiatus to start the first of a very short segment on Toad the Wet Sprocket. They explore the intimate connection that Toad has with the Palaver crew and whether or not this music is strictly “progressive” (spoiler, the answer is sort of but not really). Toad the Wet Sprocket get very high marks for maturity and songwriting even in these earlier albums and Fear is recognized for the all the superb moments it contains. Twitter: @progpala Email: progpala@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ProgPala YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCw_Xxit3D8wbv-AcJ_7Z__w/featured Theme music provided by: Dave DeWhitt

Episode 66 – Genesis Part 6, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Ken, Joe and Paul dive into The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. This is an album that required a certain amount of effort for us to get our mind around. Interestingly, each Palaver member ended up with their approach and interpretation of this work. What is the story? What does the imagery mean? What exactly IS the lamb? These questions and more are pondered while the group considers the music as well. Twitter: @progpala Email: progpala@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ProgPala YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCw_Xxit3D8wbv-AcJ_7Z__w/featured Theme music provided by: Dave DeWhitt