Progressive Palaver

Episode 88 – Pink Floyd Part 10, Wish You Were Here This episode brings us to Wish You Were Here, perhaps the greatest Pink Floyd collaborative experience. This is an album that we have all enjoyed throughout our lives. Both a celebration of lost friends and a dismissal of the music industry, Wish You Were Here showcases a band that achieved all their dreams and yet found a way to create something...

Special Episode – Interview with Bill Hubauer of We Came From Space In this episode the group meets Bill Hubauer and discuss his new release with We Came From Space, touring with the Neal Morse Band while holding down a day job and a variety of other topics spanning from science fiction TV series to western PA cuisine. Twitter: @progpala Email: progpala@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ProgPal...

Special Episode – Interview with Joe Bailey and Mark Anthony K of The Dark Monarchy In this episode the group catches up with Mark Anthony K and Joe Bailey as they fill us in their exciting new project The Dark Monarchy. The conversation covers the gambit from the origins of Joe and Mark’s collaboration to the creative process in this new group to the gear and recording process. The energy and ent...

Episode 87 – Pink Floyd Part 9, The Dark Side of the Moon Pt 2 The group finishes out our extensive look into The Dark Side of the Moon, side 2. With a little extra lore from the bonus time we tackle the breathtaking genius of the rest of this album. There is no shortage of topics from the production on Money to the recycling of musical ideas from previous projects to the unparalleled beauty and p...

Episode 86 – Pink Floyd Part 8, The Dark Side of the Moon Pt 1 What can one say about one of the greatest, best-selling records of all time? Well we here at the Palaver are never at a loss for words. In part 1 of a two-part set on The Dark Side of the Moon the group discusses the background and recording process and make it all the way through side one. Our close examination of this album, which s...

Bonus Episode – 1980 Desert Island Palaver Predicament It’s late in the year 1980 and you find yourself stranded on a desert island with four stellar progressive rock albums and a VERY large supply of Spam. The four albums are Yes – Drama, Rush – Permanent Waves, Peter Gabriel 3 (Melt) and Genesis – Duke. Can you survive under these conditions? Does one of these albums rise above the rest? Which a...

Episode 85 – Pink Floyd Part 7, Obscured by Clouds Have you been listening Progressive Palaver’s segment on Pink Floyd and asked yourself “but when are they going to talk about the connections to Deep Purple, Free and Kiss”? If you have, this is your episode. As the group explores this second collaboration between Pink Floyd and Barbet Schroeder, we discover just a touch of whimsy. The gem of the...

Episode 84 – Pink Floyd Part 6, Meddle We present this episode with all due respect to scrapbookers. 😊 The Palaver considers Meddle which presents the both the highest of highs and lowest of lows as Pink Floyd takes a HUGE step towards prog gods status. While we consider the twists and turns of this most excellent album we get to cover the joys of ostinato and the mysteries of the Binson Echorec...

Bonus Episode – Force Ranking Pink Floyd Album Covers The group takes it a bit lighter for this bonus episode while considering the album covers of Pink Floyd. Is Storm overrated? Is the Ummagumma cover a masterpiece? Who is this control group? Questions and fun abound throughout this pandemic Palaver. Don’t forget to check out the pre-show videos on our YouTube channel. Twitter: @progpala Email:...

Episode 83 – Pink Floyd Part 5, Atom Heart Mother Mooo! Paul, Ken and Joe take on Pink Floyd’s Atom Heart Mother. Part movie music, part prog practice room the group seems to embrace this significant step toward “the big four”. AHM clearly sees the band expanding their capabilities from the massive title track which opens the album through to the sound design exercise of Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfa...

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. Twi...

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...

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...

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 t...

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_...

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...

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...

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, so...

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...

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 m...

Star Wars Palaver – Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker SPOILER ALERT – This episode contains many and repeated spoilers for Star Wars Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker. Paul, Tom, Joe and share their thoughts on The Rise of Skywalker exploring the plot threads, expanded universe tie-ins and philosophical interpretations of the movie. Star Wars as only the Palaver can do it. Twitter: @progpala Email...

SCS20 - Total Mass Retain, Kennett Square PA Words cannot describe the fun contained in this Special Concert Series edition of the Palaver. This conversation took place immediately after TMR’s show at the Kennett Flash. Not only were Joe, Paul and Ken all together (always a treat) they are joined by Joey, Mark and Joel of Total Mass Retain and Tom and Ann from ProgStock ALL at Paul’s kitchen table...

SCS19 – Rick Wakeman, Allentown PA Friend of the Palaver Ken Fuller lends his experience again as he joins Ken and Joe to review the Rick Wakeman show from October 2019. While Ken Gregory was busy covering ProgStock, Ken Fuller was taking in the joys of a Rick Wakeman piano concert from his exclusive box seats. This palaver is a light, entertaining jaunt as is befitting a recap of a Wakeman show....

Bonus Episode – Genesis Lessons Learned 2 with Ken Fuller Friend of the Palaver Ken Fuller joins Ken and Joe to provide his perspective on Genesis. Ken F provides a wealth of first-hand knowledge from experiencing Genesis in real time. As usual, we cover the full spectrum from end to end. Ken provides his thoughts on the albums, the tours and the band members. We are always happy to have Ken Fulle...

Bonus Episode – 2019 Year End Review & 2020 Palaver Goals Paul and Joe (and Ken in spirit) close out 2019 with a final review of the podcast and spend some time setting goals for 2020. We close out some last-minute mailbag input and look forward to what’s coming ahead (Pink Floyd, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Episode 66, Total Mass Retain and so much more). Happy New Year and deepest appreciation to all...