My Commentaries

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#1: These are Interesting Times - May 2007

#2: The Myth of Neutrality - July 2007

#3: My Progressive Rock Writing Philosophy - August 2007

#4: The Problem with the Major Labels - September 2007

#5: The Never Ending Saga of Terms - October 2007

#6: Creating Progressive Rock Music - November 2007

#7: Doing it Live and Making it Big - December 2007

#8: Its All About My Book - January 2008

#9: Dealing with Neo-Prog Pt. 1 - February 2008

#10: Dealing with Neo-Prog Pt. 2 - March 2008

#11: Dealing with Neo-Prog Pt. 3 - April 2008

#12: Dealing with Neo-Prog Pt. 4 The End - May 2008

#13: Random Musings on Music Piracy - June 2008

#14: The Progressive Rock Handbook - July 2008

#15: What is a Hit? - August 2008

#16: Are they that Unique? - September 2008

#17: Getting History Straight - October 2008

#18: CalProg 2008 - What a Blast! - November 2008

#19: Buying the CD collection AGAIN - December 2008

#20: Just Thinking About Stuff - January 2009

#21: That's Just Your Opinion - February 2009

#22: The Mighty Mellotron - March 2009

#23: Brian Wilson's SMiLE - April 2009

#24: It IS About The Lyrics - May 2009
#25: My Issue With Asia - June 2009

#26: My Down-Loading Solution - July 2009

#27: They Sound Like... - August 2009

#28: Mourning the loss of the CD - September 2009

#29: Why Did He Say That? - October 2009

#30: The State of Prog Journalism - November 2009

#31: Is There a Double Standard - December 2009

#32: Contemplating The End and the Beginning - January 2010

#33: The Danger of Too Many Labels - February 2010

#34: My Problem with Contributing to Forums - March 2010

#35: Musing on the Muse Concert - April 2010

#36: He Called it Chick-Prog! - May 2010

#37: Retro Prog and Intolerance - June 2010

#38: To Use Prog or not to Use Prog? - July 2010

#39: Forget the Fade-Out - August 2010

#40: Successful According to Whom - September 2010

#41: I Like Long Songs - October 2010

#42:OK, But is it Prog? - November 2010

#43: My Christmas Wish List - December 2010

#44: Art Rock vs. Prog Rock - January 2011

#45: What do you Mean Progress? - March 2011

#46: Drawing a Blank! - April 2011

#47: Waxing Nostalgic - May 2011

#48: The Changing Sound of Progressive Rock - June 2011

#49: Rush Live in Concert - July 2011

#50: Living in the Moment - August 2011

#51: What do you Mean...It Sounds Dated? - September 2011

#52: It's About Time! - October 2011

#53: Time to be Thankful - November 2011

#54: Unsettled Issues - December 2011

#55:What's With the Potty Mouth - January 2012

#56: Brian Wilson's SMiLE Redux - February 2012

#57: Hello...Is Anybody Out There? - March 2012

#58: The Loneliest Creature in the Universe - April 2012

#59: Music's Emotional Power - May 2012

#60: The Power of Words - June 2012

#61: With Friends Like These... - July 2012

#62: Study says...Music is Blander - August 2012

#63: Legacy and Masterworks - September 2012

#64: The Job of Music Reviews - October 2012

#65: Tale of Two Concerts - November 2012

#66: Reflecting on 2012 - December 2012

#67:And So It Starts Again - January 2013

#68: These Times Keep on Changin'...bit by bit - February 2013

#69: I have to ask myself Why? - March 2013

#70: When its not Exclusive Anymore - April 2013

#71: What do you mean - Its the Best? May 2013

#72: The Path of Least Resistance June 2013

#73: Compared to What? - July 2013

#74: The Beatles Legacy - August 2013

#75: What's Big In Japan? - September 2013

#76: Maybe I Just Don't Get It - October 2013

#77: Time to Retire - November 2013

#78: How Many Times Can You Replace a Collection? - Dec. 2013

#79:Have You Ever Wondered...? - January 2014

#80: A Disappointing Concert - February 2014

#81: Erasing the Music of the Past - March 2014

#82:The Question of Nostalgia - April 2014

#83: Being There - May 2014 (Guest Commentary from Jean Roby)

#84: I've Noticed a Trend - June 2014

#85: Prog and Pride - July 2014

#86: Words, Meaning and Progressive Rock - August 2014

#87: A Touch of Magic - September 2014 (Jean Roby)

#88: What do you mean, Preachy? - Oct 2014 (Robert Brown)

#89: What's Your Favorite? - Nov. 2014

#90: The Mainstream Media Mirage - Dec 2014 (Jean Roby)

#91: Looking Back on 2014 - January 2015

#92: You Could WIN a CD - February 2015

#93: The Quest for the Ultimate Prog Album - March 2015 (Jean Roby)

#94: Time To Change Things Up - April 2015

#95: What is Apple's Real Plan? - May 2015

#96: Prog and the Printed Word Part 1 - June 2015 (Jean Roby)

#97: Prog and the Printed Word Part 2 - July 2015 (Jean Roby)

#98: A Prog Potpourri - August 2015

#99: A Prog Potpourri REDUX - September 2015

#100: Mike Rutherford's New Book - October 2015

Interviews List :

California Art Rock Band Evolve

Ed Unitsky - Progressive Rock Graphic Artist

Shawn Gordon - President of ProgRock Records

Richard Wileman - Founder of Karda Estra

Eduardo Benatar - Drummer with RC2

Jim Harrel - CalProg Founder

Daniel Gauthier

The Tea Club - Part 1 & Part 2

Thierry Sportouche of Acid Dragon Fanzine

Glass Hammer: Fred Schendel & Steve Babb

Martin Orford - Former Keyboardist with IQ

New Jersey based Proggers Fun Machine

Guy Manning

Michel St-Pere founder of Unicorn Digital

Peter Thelen - Publisher/Editor of Expose

Carl Baldassarre - founding member of Syzygy

Kevin J. Anderson - Sci-Fi Author

Peter Nicholls - Lead Vocalist of IQ

Sean McFee - Founder of ProgQuebec and FMPM

Terry Thomas & Julian Colbeck - Charlie

Randy George, Wil Henderson, Dan Lile - Ajalon

Shadow Circus

We are The City

Jean-Marc Pisapia of The Box

Ronald Brautigam of PBII

John, Rob and Dan of Supernal Endgame

Doug Rausch

Mack Maloney - Sky Club

Lori Hehr - Prog Public Relations

Marco Fabbri of The Watch

Alan Morse of Spock's Beard

ScienceNV

Frederic Epe of Unwritten Pages

Jon Anderson

Billy Sherwood

Tinyfish - The World's Smallest Prog Band

Nick Barrett of Pendragon

Derek Barber of Greylevel

Julien Chometton of AKIN

Lars Fredrik Froislie of Wobbler

Steve Feigenbaum - founder of Cuneiform Records

Lisa LaRue

Leonardo Pavkovic - founder of Moonjune Records

Alt-Proggers - Chest Rockwell

Steve Roberts - Founder of ZNR Records

Will Romano - Progressive Rock Author

John Galgano - IZZ

Dave Wagstaffe of Landmarq

Shawn Bishop - Founder of The Dividing Line

The Plastic Overlords

Echolyn: Brett Kull & Chris Buzby

Ed Bernard - guitarist with Druckfarben

Jesse Warkentin from Mahogany Frog

John from KingBathmat

Menno Gootjes - Guitarist with Focus

Phoenix Down - guitarist Phil Berger

New Sun - founder/guitarist - Christopher Cooper

Canadian proggers Wilton Said

Canadian Art-Prog band - Half Past Four

Greg Walker of Syn-Phonic Mail Order

Fred Lessing of Daymoon

Guitarist Dennis Williams

Fright Pig

John Graham of Ontofield

Michael Bilodeau - Terra Incognita Prog Festival

Italian Proggers - Unreal City

Michel St. Pere - MYSTERY Interview #2

#123: Interviews - Asking the Right Questions - Sept. 2017

#122: Progressive Rock Fanzines - August 2017

#121: Mid-Year Thoughts and Ruminations - July 2017

#120: Summer of Love - Happy 50th - June 2017

#119: Do I Have Your Attention? - May 2017

#118: Music in the Digital Age - April 2017

#117: We Shape Our Tools...and then... - March 2017

#116: My Post-Reflection Posting - February 2017

#115: My 2016 Reflections - January 2017

#114: Shhh...I'm Still Reading - December 2016

#113: What, Me Read Books? - November 2016

#112: All Things Must Pass - October 2016

#111: Some Random Music Related Thoughts - Sept. 2016

#110: Time is of the Essence - August 2016 - Jean Roby

#109: DC versus Marvel - The Critics - July 2016

#108: DC versus Marvel - The Philosophy - June 2016

#107: It's the Big Lie - May 2016

#106: A Moment of Sheer Bliss - April 2016

#105: Let Me Be Self-Indulgent - March 2016

#104: Prog is Mainstream - Fenruary 2016

#103: Who Is The Enemy? - January 2016

#102: So Much to be Thankful For - December 2015

#101: Some Overdue Ponderings - November 2015