Episodes
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Soundscape 320 Progbag
Compared to recent episodes, this is a lazy collection of music. As I am getting ready for the 1994 show, my attention has been on listening to music from that era, but with all of this research of the past, I am missing the newest material. As a result, this episode is all about catching up,...
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Jamprov!
If I had lots of extra time, I would run a show specifically based on Jam and Improvisation. In the live and spontaneous creation of music is where we can find the greatest adventures in sound. There are certainly moments in which the fruits of the labor come back without the treasure that they...
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Back in Time to 1984
Some time in the past I started counting up to the best of the year show. That meant going back across the decades, maybe to compare years. Well, 1984 in prog holds no comparison to last year whatsoever. Many will argue that there is much more prog to pull from than I pulled from here, that is...
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Soundscape 3.17 Con-Fusion
Let me preface this episode by pointing out, I don't believe I am a fusion fan. What this means for you the listener is that you may not find my taste in fusion is similar to yours. Despite this obvious detractor from a tour of fusion and jazz prog, I believe we put together quite a nice set of...
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Soundscape 315 Back to 1974
We nod to our past, by decade, as part of our countdown to the music of 2024. It's an interesting way to view the music we love decade by decade. It's not a best-of-show but instead, an attempt to give you a small swath of the music that emerged in 1974. As part of creating a theme, I find…
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Opening Drum Ceremony 2025
With the start of the new year, we wanted to harness some shamanic energy for the voyage forward. That's why we open the year with a 3 hour long drum ceremony. Drummers are the powerful backbone and structure for the music we enjoy. They can provide the subtle shifts needed to move us forward, or...
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The Obligatory Holiday Episode
Another Christmas episode from Soundscape with an attempt to present only new material (well at least previously not in a Soundscape Christmas episode). The music is a mostly mellow cache of holiday bits and pieces. Your DJ was exhausted and anxious but I stand by my choices. Suzi and I would…
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Empathy, Kindness and Care
Many of us live in a sense of conflict with others. It would be easy enough to pick a pack of songs that further sowed division, but I thought, why not instead focus on values. The goal then was to pick songs that expressed values of hope, kindness, empathy, compassion and understanding. We can...
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Pianoscape
In a previous episode, we were so taken by the presence of the piano, that I decided to devote an episode to just piano. I of course unearthed a treasure trove of piano music from the progsphere and my listening tastes. There was no way to include it all, so stay tuned to our Instagram page for...
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The Hell Rail- A Soundscape Halloween
Greetings fellow travelers, After much gnashing if teeth I present to you The Hell Rail- our newest episode of Soundscape ready in time for your Halloween listening pleasure. The next episode of Soundscape will air on November 20, and we look forward to seeing you as you peruse your afterlife...
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Norwegian Prog Pt 2
It turns out that the music from Norway is so good that we made a part 2, and indeed part 3 is to come in some future episode. The exploration of this music has been so much fun and turned over so many new stones that there is still a plethora of progressive tuneage to mine for Part 3. Live...
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Norwegian Prog
In this week's episode part 1 of our exploration of Norwegian Prog. This was a very enjoyable exploration of progressive rock and other musics from Norway. I really had no idea how deep the rabbit hole was going to go, but once I realized how much enjoyment I was getting out of the exploration, I...
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Fairy Tales and Folklore
Here we are, finally back on track. Our newest episode of Soundscape features a great many prog-rock fairy tales. There were so many to choose from, and likely we did not even play most of the expected songs, or even come close to exhausting the theme. This means that part 2 will probably happen…
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Songs for a Lost Generation
We wanted to identify what makes Generation X different from other generations. Many books that lay bare this question, but the one that informed most of my thoughts about Generation X was the book Generations by Jean M Twenge. Twenge did not make any real statements about the music of the...
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Soundscape #3.5 A Grab Bag of Tunes
This week Soundscape moved to its new time and place. We now broadcast on Wednesday evenings every two weeks at 5-8 pm CST. This episode is not themed at all. It is a grab bag of new music (at least to us). We will return with our Generation X theme in 2 weeks on 6/19. Artist Title Duration Album...
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Soundscape #3.4 Mindbending Psyche Trip
Wow, what a journey! Over the last few weeks, I perused and listened to bunches of albums. I was seeking a particular sound, a psychedelic sound. When I started I didn't know what I was getting myself into. I even had extreme stress in trying to curate what was right for this show. I wanted to…
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Soundscape 3.3 Cinco De Progo
As you may recall, in our last episode Suzi suggested we do something special to celebrate Cinco De Mayo. We chose to do this by playing a whole set of Mexican prog rock. For us, it was an enlightening journey and we found quite a few gems that we will keep in our listening queues. We hope that…
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Soundscape #3.2 Dental Prog
Who knows why I would dare myself to develop a show based on dentistry in prog, but I did! Now lovely listeners I invite you to enjoy one of the stranger musical journeys we have done. Regardless of the strangeness, I think we created something here that is worth your perusal. Let us know what…
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Hornier Than We Were Before
Hello fellow music lovers!..... We are back!! It feels exciting to be broadcasting again. I have missed sharing music and researching great music. There are of course some key differences to our previous iteration of Soundscape. The most obvious is that the show is shorter and will only show up...
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Catching up on Soundscape
The system I use to broadcast Soundscape has never been the most reliable at doing its job. This episode took a while to put out because I was aware of the problems in the mix. During the live broadcast, the levels would change on every song. So I did not want to put it out as it was. I have done...
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Prog-cation
The title may be a little cheesy, but when I was putting this one together, I was needing a vacation. I still need one actually. At any rate, if there is music that can take you away from here, it's prog. In this case, the focus was on bouncy and inviting sounds. Summer prog- if that's a thing.…
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Revolution?
You see what I did there...revolution with a question mark. I remember stories of how the Beatles had different versions of the song 'Revolution'. Some vesrions said 'you can count me out', others that said 'you can count me in', and one that vacillated saying, "out, in". I think it came down to...
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It's Greek To Me
In this episode of Soundscape, we take you through several areas of prog. In the first few sets, we focus on music from 2018. Later we switch over to Greek Progressive Rock, and finally, we drop into new music from 2020. A pretty well-rounded show and I think you will thoroughly enjoy it, though…
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Let's Fly 2018
Part of the original idea, the early pictures of the Tardis made of speakers, was that we would travel in time. With prog at least, we have a pretty limited window of time travel. All time periods have an almost exotic nature to them. This seems especially true for 2018. We just very recently…
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Springing Forward
Forget everything and enjoy Spring in whatever way that you can. This episode of Soundscape is about Spring. Have we done this theme before? Of course we have. Is this new? I think so. Am I talking to myself? Most assuredly, but I am doing so with you in mind. Yes, as there is a homonculi in me,...
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The Joys of Isolation
This episode was an attempt to photograph some of our experiences during social isolation. It was no small task to find songs that matched. Often when I take on a theme, I try very hard to make it work. It does not always, and whether you as listener feel it or not, I felt that we were not firing...
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A Journey Far Away
In this episode of Soundscape, we take a journey far away. Mostly the show is a fly by the seat of the pants affair, but the goal however nebulous was to provide a set of music that took us to fantasy worlds and strange environments. Sometimes, this meant playing music even we did not know…
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From the Coronal Wastes
Hello my friends, Soundscape returns in your hour of need. We know that many of you are having to avoid social gatherings, and you are likely looking for a voice to broadcast across the wasteland. An oasis of musical exploration and bliss in the virtual fields is what we are offering. I needed…
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New Years Resolutions 2020 edition
Happy New Year to all of our Soundscape listeners. We threw some curveballs last year with reduction of shows, and talk of a new project. The fact is, its all in gestation and I am not yet sure what direction things will take. I know as I contemplate the very real possibility of closing down...
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Too Late its 2008
With all of the ongoing projects and work I am doing, I have been slow in getting this podcast out. For that, I apologize. However, it's just as good today as it was when we made it. This episode is almost entirely music from the year 2008. That was a good year for Soundscape and for music as a...
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Travels in the Tapestry
In our opening, we talk about traveling the sonic tapestries; a turn of phrase that sounded pretty good at the time. Anyway, we don't usually talk about the meaning behind this cryptic phrase so I figured lets name this episode with that name. When I am in a state of flow, creating a setlist for...
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Plunging into 1988
Soundscape returns....at least for the moment. Big changes are afoot in the Soundscape studios. We are going to be closing down the Soundscape podcast, in favor of something new. While the new does not yet have a clear form, the notion I have is to provide a much more in depth discussion of theme...
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Soundscape 2.87 Spontaneous Findings
As the summer starts up, a number of changes are developing. While I did not expect to go on hiatus prior to this episode, I was aware that developing our normally well crafted themes was coming to a close for a little while. So instead, as we closed out the month of May, I decided to simply play…
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Soundscape 2.86 Blast Off
Previously on Soundscape, we discovered that we are not alone, so the prog prophecy tells us. So this time, we leave this bedraggled rock and seek a more appropriate venue for our musical visions. Along the way, we come face to face with some damn fine tunes, and even a short diversion through a...
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Soundscape 2.85 This is England
After returning from an amazing journey across the pond to the Motherland, we were ripe for a musical trek through the streets and vistas of London. Our expedition was inspiring but tragic, wonderful and woeful, but for you the listener, we offer a tapestry of sounds that may make you either...
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Finding 1988
I'm not sure about your experience, but when I look back on the music of 1988, there are not very many things that have stood the test of time. However, that is not to say that 1988 did not offer some good music. This episode is another in our time machine series. Here we return to 1988 in hopes…
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We Are Not Alone
As you may all know, I am a huge geek. I love every aspect of science fiction. One of the cornerstones of good science fiction is the first contact story, From Arthur Clarke, to Carl Sagan the story has been played around in every media format of science fiction. It opens the door to the most...
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Soundscape 2.82 A Musical Tour of 1978
If I continue following this yearly theme of running through the decades, I will not finish for 8 more years. We will see if that happens. For now though, you get the benefit of my journey through the ages. Last time on our history trip we hit the year 1968, today we jut forward one decade to…
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Soundscape 2.81 This Episode is not About da Vinci
There are moments when the brand of inspiration strikes hard on the buttocks of your Soundscape DJ. I thought this was one of them but it turned out to be a very painful temporary tattoo. What started as an homage to Leonardo da Vinci, then morphed into a theme about being a Renaissance man (A…
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Soundscape 2.80 A Date with 1968
Across the ages way back in time, when most of us were expressing our only protests on the world in diaper squiggles and loud cries, the music we love was taking shape. Fed on a diet of rock & roll, classical music and a dash of jazz, prog was taking its first steps into the world. It was 1968…
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Soundscape 2.79 Piper at the Gates of Prog
Now with a title of that weight you might be expecting to be carried away or transfixed by the music contained within. Indeed, I hope that is the outcome, but what is contained herein is a short homage to one of the most fantastic children's books ever written, "The Wind in the Willows" by…
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Soundscape 2.78 Have A Proggy Jolly Christmas
Well, here we are at the turn of the season once again. This may be our 12th or 13th Christmas episode and personally, I found this one to be very meaningful. We are quite past traditional Christmas music at this point. Instead narratives of the passage from dark to light fuel the ritual fires of...
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Soundscape 2.77 Floydian Soundscapes
I have been a Pink Floyd Fan since I was a teenager. One auspicious day, while listening to the local rock station, "Not Now John" came on. I spent weeks trying to identify the artist/band who wrote this song. When I finally found the artist, I bought Final Cut immediately. Then, on another life...
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Soundscape 2.76 The Keys Have It
One of my favorite aspects of the creative process of developing themed shows for Soundscape is the notion that our favorite music can be viewed from so many different angles. We can look at thematic content in the narratives of the music, styles of music, and even particular instruments. Perhaps...
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Soundscape 2.75 Another Halloween
Due to perhaps faulty planning on my part, this years Halloween episode appears to have a lot of the same music as last year. That is not to say that it does not have some new material, or that it lacks redeeming value, only to say that if you are looking for a completely new journey, you may not...
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Soundscape 2.74 Scrambling for Light
Sometimes, the theme or direction of a show just does not gel quickly but when it does it takes a form and shape of its own. Sometimes that theme is easy to dethread from the tangle of prog rock and others just drop in unannounced and sometimes unwanted. This episode took a number of strange…
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Beatle Prog
Hi guys, The Beatles have always been in my misocal genetics, and they also infiltrate prog on a regular basis. My son had suggested a Beatles show. Beatles are probably the one piece of music that he agrees on with Suzi and I. So the idea came up that we should do a show of Beatle Prog. We have...
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Soundscape 2,72
Hello there, It's been about 1 month since this show aired. The challenge came when I found it was full of editing gaps. Well I believe I have it mostly stitched together. So here it is episode 2.72. It is a mixed bag comprised of new music, continued 2017 reminisence and opera prog- that's right...
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Sounscape 2.71 Further Adventures Spelunking 2017 Prog
Yet another journey into the best stuff from 2017. Its part 2 of a series. Had a good time, played some good music, but we still have more to come. Further adventures spelunking 2017 Arabs in Aspic- Syndenes Magi Fibonacci Sequence- Deus Ex Machina Kaipa- On the Edge of New Horizons Hadal Sherpa-...
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2017 in Retrospect Pt1
Lets face it, 2017 was a phenomenal year for the music we love. In every hidden shadow underneath every rock, there is a new and talented progressive rock band waiting to bud forth and spread its message. So it should be no surprise that we had to break things up into 2 episodes. Also we won't be...
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