Retune the Sky

[The Professor]

Wait what happened to Show #27???

Well if you missed it, my fault, ask me about it sometime...it was great:

Show #27 - YesSolos

I finally found Jon Anderson's "Olias of Sunhillow" on CD and thought I'd share a few tracks from it.  One thing led to another, and I soon found myself listening to selected solo tracks from the various Yesmen, both on Yes releases and on their own.  Round it out (roundabout?) with some tributes, some choice Yes pieces, and you have The Professor returning to yesterday, and his first "art rock" love...Yes.  Before things get too happy-clappy I return to My Crimson Fix for a fripped-out change of pace.  We'll start everything off with the thunderous live version of "Yours Is No Disgrace" from the 1973 release Yessongs.

Retune the Sky Intro (1:16)
Yes - Yours Is No Disgrace (live) (14:26)

Jon Anderson - Qoquaq En Transic / Naon / Transic T\"o (7:08)
Patrick Moraz - Soon (5:26)
Yes featuring Steve Howe - The Clap (live) (3:18)
Chris Squire - You By My Side (5:03)

Steve Howe - Pleasure Stole the Night (2:55)
Yes featuring Rick Wakeman - Excerpt from the Six Wives of Henry VIII (live) (6:39)
Peter Banks - Astral Traveler (7:02)
Cairo - South Side of the Sky (8:03)

~~ My Crimson Fix ~~
King Crimson - The Great Deceiver (4:02)
King Crimson - The Talking Drum / Lark's Tongues in Aspic Part II (live) (10:16)
King Crimson - Walking on Air (live) (5:35)

Steve Howe - Labyrinth (4:00)
White - Crazy Believer  (4:41)
Yes - Magnification (7:17)
Chris Squire - Safe (Canon Song) (14:58)

Podcast, anyone?

[The Professor]

SHOW #28 - What Shall We Call It This Week?

    Posted December 5th, 2006
    Show Replay is 12 noon PDT, December 11th

PROGRAM NOTE: There will be a new show each week until Christmas (the 11th, 18th, and 25th), then I'll knock off for Christmas break, and be back with a new show the first week of January.

Newer music this week, and more stuff new to RTS:  Sieges Even, Jadis, Arena, and Rocket Scientists to name a few.  But I'm not done with the Jon Anderson and King Crimson fling, so expect another throwback album side.

    Retune the Sky Intro (1:16)
    Rocket Scientists - Ptolemy (5:46)

    Kino - Leave a Light On (6:17)
    Jadis - I Hear Your Voice (6:05)
    Arena - Opera Fanatica (13:07)

    ~~ Makinamotze's Crimson Fix Pt.1 ~~
    King Crimson - Lizard (featuring Jon Anderson) (23:14) [request]
    King Crimson - Indoor Games (5:37)

    Porcupine Tree - Every Home Is Wired (5:13)
    Pure Reason Revolution - The Bright Ambassadors of Morning (11:56)

    Fractal - Fractal Countdown (7:01)
    Jadis - Who I Am (6:07)
    Sieges Even - Unbreakable (8:59)

    ProjeKct Four - Hindu Fizz (4:46)
    ProjeKct Four - The Deception of the Thrush (7:12)

Correction: I made the mistake of saying that the first album by Fractal was self-titled; WRONG! it's actually called Continuum which is a waaay cool name.

[The Professor]

SHOW #29 - Artist Spotlight: Neal Morse

   Posted December 14th, 2006
   Show Replay is 12 noon PDT, December 18th

Some tasty bits (some quite long!) from Neal Morse's career, focusing on the years from 1999 to the present.

PROGRAM NOTE: There will be a special Christmas Retune The Sky posted 12/21/06 which will replay on Christmas 25th and January 1st while I'm on Christmas break. I'll be back with a new show the first week of January.

Your assignment this week is to let me know of your favorite Neal tunes, from any project he's been involved with. Also feel free to suggest an artist for the next Artist Spotlight, and you can always e-mail me your favorite Crimson-related stuff for your very own Crimson Fix.

    Retune the Sky Intro (1:16)
    Spock's Beard - Revelation (6:05)

    Transatlantic - Suite Charlotte Pike (14:35)
    Morse Portnoy George - Tuesday Afternoon (6:33)

    Neal Morse - Author of Confusion (9:32)
    Spock's Beard - Stranger in a Strange Land / Long Time Suffering (10:32)
    Morse Portnoy George - Badge (2:52)

    Neal Morse - Living Out Loud (4:33)
    Transatlantic - We All Need Some Light - live (6:43)
    Spock's Beard - Open Wide The Floodgates / Open The Gates 2 (9:16)

    Neal Morse - A Whole Nother Trip (23:57)

    Neal Morse - In The Fire / Solid As The Sun (7:25+6:13)

    ~~ Makinamotze's Crimson Fix Pt.2 ~~
    King Crimson (live) - Lark's Tonque's in Apsic, Pt. 1 (6:53) [request]
    King Crimson (live) - Lark's Tonque's in Apsic, Pt. 2 (7:31) [request]

[The Professor]

Show #30 - First Steps to Christmas
   
   Posted December 21st, 2006
   Show Replay is 12 noon PDT, December 25th and New Year's Day

Retune the Sky Intro (1:16)

California Guitar Trio - Carol of the Bells  (2:35)
L.A. Guitar Quartet - 4 Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle (6:26)
Neal Morse - Love Lay in Bethlehem (4:10)
Glass Hammer - Chronos Deliverer (5:50)
Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble - In Dulce Jublio (2:16)

California Guitar Trio - Jingle Bells (2:11)
Neal Morse - Elvis Christmas (3:42)
Jethro Tull - God Rest Ye Merry Gentle Persons (4:57)
Neal Morse - Sinatra Christmas (3:35)
Neal Morse - Swingin' Holiday (2:13)
Jon Anderson - Easier Said Than Done (4:14)
Jon Anderson - Save All Your Love (3:11)
California Guitar Trio - Happy Xmas (3:55)

Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble - Von Himmel hoch (1:34)
California Guitar Trio - Unto Us A Child Is Born (3:45)
Neal Morse - Hallelujah,  the King is Born (4:49)
Proto Kaw - Heavenly Man (5:56)
Cafiene - Cathedrale (10:44)

Glass Hammer - Having Caught A Glimpse (13:44)

[The Professor]

Show #31 - What I Got for Christmas

    Posted Janurary 8th, 2007
    Show Replay is 12 noon PDT, January 15th, 2007

Usually I have to buy my own progressive stuff with whatever gift cards  or cash I find under the tree, but I had a bit of a surprise this time.  And of course I did buy myself more CDs...duh! Try asking YOUR aunt for  "Birdsongs of the Mesozoic" sometime...and see what kind of look YOU get from her 8^).

   Retune the Sky Intro (1:16)
   Rush - Driven (live) (5:15)

   ~~ Makinamotze's Crimson Fix Pt. 3 + One ~~
   King Crimson (live) - Lark's Tongue's in Apsic, Pt. 3 (5:05) [request]
   King Crimson (live) - Thela Hun Ginjeet (5:50)
   King Crimson (live) - Lark's Tongue's in Apsic, Pt. 4 (10:26) [request]

   Headshear - Urban Conversation (5:09)
   New Cars - You're All I've Got Tonight (5:22)
   Strontium 90 - 3 O'Clock Shot (live) (5:18)

   Gong - Chandra (7:18)
   Jethro Tull - Nothing Is Easy (4:26)
   Jethro Tull - Sweet Dream (4:05)
   Jethro Tull - Fat Man (2:52)
   Jethro Tull - Reasons for Waiting (4:07)

   Strontium 90 - Towers Tumbled (5:31)
   Strontium 90 - Electron Romance (live) (7:57)
   New Cars - Moving In Stereo (5:14)
   Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - One Hundred Cycles (5:23)

   Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - The Insidious Revenge of Ultima Thule (9:20)

[The Professor]

SHOW #5 ARCHIVAL REPLAY - Music from the Continent

   Posted Janurary 22nd, 2007

The move was this past weekend! I finally have all of my stuff in the new digs on a different mountain. But, I had no time to record a new show...please enjoy this one from the archives!  A new show next week...expect at least one great genre-defining epic for that one.

    Retune the Sky Intro
    Cafiene - Hubble (7:04)

    Hidria Spacefolk - Amos Ame [Background Track]
    Gongzilla - Bad Habit (3:25)
    Talisma - Dementia (3:29)
    Miriodor - Bulgarian Cave (5:58)
    Hidria Spacefolk - Sindran Rastafan (9:20)

    TUNER - Loopy Llama [Background Track]
    Opeth - Atonement (6:28)
    Star One - High Moon (5:36)
    Therion - Ship of Luna (6:28)

    After Crying - Face to Face [Background Track]
    After Crying - Wanna Be A Member? (4:31)
    White Willow - Paper Moon (6:44)
    Deus Ex Machina - Exordium (9:15)
    Isildur's Bane - The Flight Onward - Phases 1 - 5 (12:04)

    Miriodor - Avatar [Background Track]
    Satellite - Take It As It Is (3:00)
    NIL - Eregeneration (14:32)
    The Flower Kings - In the Eyes of the World (10:38)

    Therion - Via Nocturna [Background Track]
    Cafiene - Cathedrale (10:44)

[The Professor]

SHOW #32 - Bookends

   Posted Janurary 29th, 2007

The bookends are massive Epics, one the great-granddaddy of them all,  the other of a much more recent vintage, not to mention nearly twice as long. And they serve to hold in a smattering of the great music one has come to expect from The Dividing Line Broadcast Network, threatening to burst the seams nevertheless.

   Retune the Sky Intro (1:16)

   Yes - Close To The Edge (18:44)

   Emerson Lake & Palmer - Hoedown (3:46)
   Glass Hammer - Stranger from the Sky (4:56) ~~ South Side of the Sky ~
   IQ - The Thousand Days (5:12)
   Spock's Beard - Good Don't Last (11:26)

   Phil Keaggy - Don't Pass Me By (3:44)
   ~~ My Crimsonite Fix ~~
   Adrian Belew - Troubles (3:14)
   Trey Gunn - Untune the Sky (7:17)
   Bruford Levin Upper Extremities - Cerulean Sea (7:05)
   King Crimson - Level Five (7:17)

   Transatlantic - All Of The Above (30:21) ~~ South Side of the Sky, Sorta ~

[The Professor]

SHOW #33 - Blame it on RIO

   Posted February 12th, 2007
   Show replay is February 19th at 12:00 PST

Adventurous listeners needed for this one! RIO, or Rock In Opposition, has been with us since the early days of the Canterbury Scene in the UK and is still with us, though perhaps not as overtly political, in the form of bands like Miriodor and Univers Zero. Here I stretch my
listener's ears a bit with some RIO, Avant-prog, and other musical tomes from off-the-beaten-prog-path.

You have an assignment: have a favorite piece of music that could be classified in these sub-genres? Let me know! And if you hate it all, let me know that as well 

And a hearty good morning and welcome to the newest in the DLBN DJ family, Tasha!

 Retune the Sky Intro (1:16)
 Miriodor - In A Matter of Speech (6:32)

 Djam Karet - Heads of Ni-Oh (8:03)
 Moraz/Bruford - Living Space (3:53)
 Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic - Nevergreen (7:32)

 ~~ My Crimson Fix ~~
 Adrian Belew - Beat Box Car (4:30) ~~ South Side of the Sky ~~
 ProjeKct Four - Ghost (Part 1) (24:22)

 Univers Zero - Triomphe des Mouches (5:36)
 Djam Karet - Forbidden By Rule (5:57)
 Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Music Inspired By 1001 Real Apes - Dinosaurs Theme (3:34)
 Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Music Inspired By 1001 Real Apes - Gravity Theme (6:29)
 Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Music Inspired By 1001 Real Apes - Quincy Sore Throat Theme (3:57)

 Nil - Le Garden (20:11)
 Miriodor - The Inevitable (5:24)

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[The Professor]

SHOW #6 ARCHIVAL REPLAY - Relax, Revibrate

    Posted February 26th, 2007

You have an assignment: what music do you listen to when you need to let all the cares of the day go by the wayside,
when you need to relax and let your brain revibrate? Let me know! at stephen@thedividingline.com. If you missed the
very first episode of "Speechless" (by our newest DLBN DJ, Tasha) last Saturday, don't forget to check out the archive!

    Retune the Sky Intro (1:16)
    Tony Levin - Phobos (7:09)

    Steve Hackett - Valley of the Kings [Background Track]
    Steve Hackett - Watcher of the Skies (8:40)
    Karnataka - Heart of Stone (10:31)

    ptintrotape03 [Background Track]
    Proto Kaw  - Alt. More Worlds Than Known (7:30)
    Porcupine Tree  - Arriving Somewhere But Not Here (12:02)

    ~~ My Crimson Fix~~
    King Crimson - Virtuous Circle [Background Track]
    Bruford Levin Upper Extremities - Fin de Siecle (5:48)
    King Crimson - Neal and Jack and Me (4:22)
    King Crimson - Deception of the Thrush (live) (13:07)
    ProjeKct X - Heaven and Earth (8:19)

    ~~ South Side of the Sky ~~
    Salem Hill - Evil One (6:31)
    Salem Hill - Children of the Dust (5:24)
    Salem Hill - Love Won't Save the World (6:06)

    Glass Hammer - A Maker of Crowns (15:22)

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 Show Page: http://www.thedividingline.com/rts.html

[The Professor]

SHOW #35 - Artist Spotlight: Allan Holdsworth

   Posted April 2nd, 2007

    Retune the Sky Intro (1:16)
    Bruford - Feinting In Coils (6:37)

    ~~ Mark and Tasha's Crimson Fix ~~
    King Crimson - Cat Food (4:55)(for Mark)
    King Crimson - In The Wake of Poseidon (8:01) (for Mark)
    King Crimson - Epitaph (8:49) (for Tasha)

    ~~ Holdsworth As Bandmember ~~
    U.K. - In The Dead of Night (5:35)
    Bruford - Travels with Myself...and Someone Else (6:15)
    Gong - Three Blind Mice (4:46)
    Gongzilla - Bad Habits (3:29)

    ~~ Solo Work ~~
    Allan Holdsworth - Non-brewed Condiment (3:39)
    Allan Holdsworth - Dominant Plague (4:48)
    Allan Holdsworth - Atavachron (5:48)
    Allan Holdsworth - Dodgy Boat (5:37)

    ~~ Ian Wallace with KC ~
    King Crimson - Sailor's Tale (7:29)
    King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man - live (9:00)

    ~ More Allan including Recent Work ~~
    Allan Holdsworth - Wardencliffe Tower (8:44)
    K2 - Chapter Two (6:54)
    K2 - Chapter Five (5:54)

[The Professor]

SHOW #7 ARCHIVAL REPLAY - Braindead Revisited

   Posted: April 16, 2007

Today I was set to debut a show exploring the role of organ in progressive music.  While putting it together, I learned of the shootings on the campus of Virginia Tech, the largest public university in the state of Virginia.  The director of research into Human-Computer Interaction At Virginia Tech is a friend of mine, as are some of his graduate students.

These are people I love.  So, no new show today while I pray and worry.  In the meantime, please try to enjoy this mindless entertainment from last May.

   Retune the Sky Intro (1:16)
   Underground Railroad - May-Fly (3:50)
 
   OSI - Dirt From a Holy Place [Background Track]
   Chroma Key - Another Permanent Address (5:05)
   OSI - Head (5:18)
   The Jelly Jam - Nature's Girl (5:10) 
   Rush - Cut to the Chase (4:48)

   Nil - 198 [Background Track]
   Kevin Max - Her Game (4:08)
   The Bears - Mr. Bonaparte (3:54)
   Steve Taylor - Violent Blue (live) (4:00)
   Porcupine Tree - Synesthesia (7:54)
   Adrian Belew - Futurevision (4:15)

   Tony Levin - Ooze [Background Track]
   California Guitar Trio - Zundoko-Bushi (3:37)
   King Crimson - Indiscipline (live) (8:12)
   Gordian Knot - Singing Deep Mountain (9:00)

   Robert Fripp String Quartet - Blue [Background Track]
   Yes - Future Times / Rejoice (6:44)
   Glass Hammer - Farewell to Shadowlands (7:30)
   Under The Sun - This Golden Voyage (7:15)
 
   Steve Hackett - Waiting Room Only [Background Track]
   Steve Hackett - Los Endos (8:51)
   Genesis - Firth of Fifth (9:38)

[The Professor]

SHOW #36 - Organisms

   Posted: April 30, 2007

A show exploring the role of organ in progressive music. And yes, my colleague at Virginia Tech is fine.

  Retune the Sky Intro (1:16)
  Pink Floyd - One of These Days (5:57)

  Yes - Then (5:46)

  ~~ My Crimsonite Fix ~~
  Adrian Belew - Water Turns to Wine (3:46)
  Adrian Belew - Crunk (1:17)
  Adrian Belew - Drive (3:27)
  Adrian Belew - Beat Box Car (4:30)
  Tony Levin Band - Back in N.Y.C. (6:17)

  ~~ Ye Olde Time Organ ~~
  Niacin - Ratta McQue (3:48)
  Spock's Beard - All On A Sunday (4:04)
  Retroheads - Urban Flight Delight (6:53)
  iQ - Outer Limits (8:15)

  Deus Ex Machina - Exordium (9:15)
  Genesis - Seven Stones (5:12)
  The Flower Kings - Big Puzzle (13:34)

  ~~ Clearing The Pipes ~~
  Glass Hammer - Long and Long Ago - excerpt (4:10)
  Glass Hammer - Lirazel (4:33)
  J.S. Bach - Fantasia in G Minor (7:46)
  Yes - Awaken (15:35)

[The Professor]

Show #37 - Artist Spotlight: California Guitar Trio

  Posted: May 14, 2007

This program was posted last Monday (5/14) but I'm just now alerting the public!  You have another week (starting with the show replay on 5/21) to enjoy about 90 minutes of progressive music based on mostly acoustic guitar, with only the occasional drum or bass thrown in.  The last 30 minutes or so we'll have some more music featuring those good old organ sounds.

  Retune the Sky Intro (1:16)
  California Guitar Trio (CG3+2) - Melrose Avenue (2:19)

  ~~ My Crimsonite Fix ~~
  Robert Fripp String Quintet - Ka-Non Power (4:09)
  Robert Fripp String Quintet - Yamanishi Blues (2:41)
  Robert Fripp String Quintet - Blockhead (3:19)
  Tony Levin Band - Apollo (6:49)

  California Guitar Trio (CG3+2) - Zundoko Bushi (3:37)
  California Guitar Trio (CG3+2) - Dancing Ann (3:38)
  California Guitar Trio (CG3+2) - Dance of Maya (7:14) 

  California Guitar Trio - Red Iguana (3:15)
  California Guitar Trio - Train to Lamy Suite (4:19)
  California Guitar Trio - Relative Illusion (3:39)
  "It's Dear Old Uncle Bobby"
  California Guitar Trio - Led Foot (4:20)
  California Guitar Trio - Allegro Con Brio, Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven) (2:58)

  League of Craft Guitarists - A Connecticut Yankee in the Court of King Arthur (2:26)
  California Guitar Trio - Great Divide (2:31)
  California Guitar Trio (CG3+2) - Heart of the Sunrise (7:15)

  California Guitar Trio - Cantharsis (3:12)
  California Guitar Trio - Cosmo Calypso (5:33)

  Gazpacho - Chequered Light Buildings (6:34)
  C.A.P. - Sulle Ali Del Sogno Odissea : Libri XIV, XV, XVI (28:16)

[The Professor]

Show #38 - Modern Masterworks

    Posted: May 28th, 2007

 A collection of recent offerings from bands both old and new (to me), most of them of epic proportions.

   Retune the Sky Intro (1:16)
   IZZ - Deception (7:17)
   Magic Pie - Circus of Life Part 3: What If... (8:04)
   Glass Hammer - At the Court of Alkinoos (21:33) - request (thanks to Thomas)
   Gazpacho - Massive Illusion (13:37)
   Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize (17:42)
   The Gourishankar - ...end (8:40)
   Frost* - Milliontown (26:35)

   Bonus track (unannounced): Happy The Man - Il Quinto Mare (7:22)

[The Professor]

Show #39 - A Yes Fix plus Mini-Artist Spotlight: John Mitchell

   Posted: June 15th, 2007
   Show Replay June 18th at 12:00 noon PDT

Okay, the delayed RTS #39 is up, with an hour or so of Yes Music+, a  short mini-spotlight on John Mitchell, guitarist/vocalist with four or five or twenty side projects to his credit, and another track from Odyssey: The Greatest Tale.

   Retune the Sky Intro (1:16)
   Yes - Going For The One (5:35)

   Stanley Snail - Siberian Khatru (8:08)
   Yes - Mind Drive (18:38)

   Yes - Starship Trooper (9:29)
   Yes - DreamTime (10:45)

   ~~ Mini Artist-Spotlight : John Mitchell ~~
   Frost* - Black Light Machine (10:07)
   Kino - Perfect Tense (4:16)
   The Urbane - Staring at the Sun (6:01)

   Arena - Elea (2:36)
   Arena - Shattered Room (9:46)
   Arena - Serenity (2:10)
   Arena - Opera Fanatica (13:07)

   XII Alphonse - From Ismarus to the Land of Death (26:01)