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December 14, 2007 – SHOW #192 / #26

New music tonight from Polish proggers Satellite and Quidam, more from Tiles and Nightwish, and lots of classics thrown in for good measure. Don't forget, the 4th Annual 'Lurky Awards' are only two weeks away, honoring the year's best prog.

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1. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - A Mad Russian's Christmas (4:42)
2. Epic Prog Intro (0:30)

3. Presto Ballet - Peace Among the Ruins (5:47)
4. Dream Theater - Constant Motion (6:55)
5. Knight Area - Mastermind (6:16)
6. Satellite - Dreams (13:30)

7. Arena - Ascension (4:34)
8. Mermaid Kiss - A Sea Change (7:20)
9. Nightwish - For the Heart I Once Had (3:58)
10. IQ - The Seventh House (14:26)

11. Quidam - Kinds of Solitude at Night (5:58)
12. Jon Anderson - Three Ships (3:42)
13. Pure Reason Revolution - Apprentice of the Universe (4:16)
14. The Flower Kings - Cinema Show (11:56)

15. Sieges Even - Stigmata (8:22)
16. Tiles - Landscrape (4:32)
17. Satellite - Around the World (3:41)
18. Frost* - Black Light Machine (10:07)

19. Saga - Sound Advice (5:17)
20. Quidam - Different (3:15)
21. Carptree - Where Your Thoughts Move With Ease (4:59)
22. Yes - Close to the Edge (18:42)

23. Blackfield - Where Is My Love? (2:59)
24. Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath (4:26)
25. King Crimson - Easy Money (7:53)
26. Spock's Beard - The Healing Colors of Sound (Live) (21:00)

27. Abigail's Ghost - Monochrome (5:03)
28. Hamadryad - Anatomy of a Dream (5:51)
29. GPS - New Jerusalem (8:26)
30. Styx - Castle Walls (5:58)
31. Black Bonzo - Sound of the Apocalypse (13:02)
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December 21, 2007 – SHOW #193 / #27

Tonight's show featured more new music from Satellite and Quidam, happy birthday wishes to Alan Parsons, Adrian Belew and Ant Phillips, and a few proggy Christmas tunes for good measure. We also had a "Snow flurry" because what would Christmas be without some Snow? ;) Don't forget, the 4th Annual 'Lurky Awards' are upon us next week, honoring the year's best prog, including my Top 10 album countdown. Have a very Merry Christmas everyone!

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1. Neal Morse - Barcelona with O Come All Ye Faithful (6:15)
2. Epic Prog Intro (0:30)

3. The Flower Kings - Little Deceiver (3:56)
4. Starcastle - Love is the Only Place (4:28)
5. Spiraling - The Nut Rocker (Live) (6:18)
6. Quidam - Depicting Colours of Emotions (10:15)

7. The Alan Parsons Project - The Gold Bug (4:34) - Happy 59th b-day Alan Parsons!
8. Kaipa - The Ship of Life (4:39)
9. Satellite - Time Stands Still (8:23)
10. Spock's Beard - Made Alive / Overture (5:32)
11. Spock's Beard - Stranger in a Strange Land (4:29)
12. Spock's Beard - Long Time Suffering (6:03)

13. Black Bonzo - Yesterday's Friends (7:10)
14. Peter Pan - Cold as Stone (5:28)
15. Quidam - We Lost (8:25)
16. Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways (Live) (12:40)

17. Genesis - White Mountain (6:46) - Happy 56th b-day Ant Phillips!
18. King Crimson - Facts of Life: Intro (1:38)
19. King Crimson - Facts of Life (5:05) - Happy 58th b-day Adrian Belew!
20. Riverside - Ultimate Trip (13:13)

The Lurker: Unprogged
21. Dan Fogelberg - Same Old Lang Syne (5:19) - R.I.P. Dan

22. Saga - Don't Be Late (Chapter 2) (6:01)
23. Gary Hoey - You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch (3:29)
24. IQ - Common Ground (6:59)
25. Magic Pie - Change (20:05)

26. Rush - We Hold On (4:12)
27. Mostly Autumn - Storm Over Still Water (7:39)
28. Kevin Gilbert - Kashmir (Live) (5:26) - BY REQUEST
29. IZZ - Coming Like Light (11:40)

30. RPWL - Fool (5:27)
31. NEO - Shadows of Fate (Live) (5:50)
32. Fish - Arc of the Curve (5:21)
33. The Tangent - The Winning Game (Live) (11:34)
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December 28, 2007 – SHOW #194 / #28

Tonight's show featured the Fourth Annual "Lurky" Awards, honoring the best of the year in prog. The top 10 prog albums in 2007 were counted down, and we gave away a host of other awards as well. This was an especially difficult year, given the unusually good quality of the music released in 2007. Congratulations to all of the artists - not for earning MY respect, but for putting out such wonderful music in 2007.

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1. Alan Morse - Return to Whatever (5:48) - Instrumental Album of the Year

2. Epic Prog Intro (0:30)

3. Peter Pan - Island (5:40) - Best New Progski Artist

Co-winners: Comeback Album of the Year
4. Starcastle - All for the Thunder (6:07) from the album, Song of Times
5. Puppet Show - The Past Has Just Begun (16:39) from the album, The Tale of Woe

6. Circa: - Cut the Ties (5:40) - Best Yes Album Not by Yes

7. Fish - Square Go (5:25) - Prog Purple Heart Award

8. Nightwish - Amaranth (3:53) - Biggest Surprise of the Year

9. Glass Hammer - Life by Light (7:34) - Better With Age Award

The Final Cuts
10. The Flower Kings - Trading My Soul (6:26) from The Sum of No Evil
11. Carptree - Sliding Down a Slippery Slope (4:59) from Insekt
12. Riverside - 02 Panic Room (5:29) from Rapid Eye Movement
13. Sylvan - One Step Beyond (7:16) from Presets
14. Quidam - We Are Alone Together... (8:20) from Alone Together

Disappointment of the Year: Marillion - Somewhere Else (no song played)

Tour of the Year: Genesis - Turn it On Again Tour
15. Genesis - Duke's Intro (Behind the Lines) (3:38)

Live Album of the Year: Saga - Worlds Apart Revisited
16. Saga - Wind Him Up (Live) (5:59)

Male Vocal Performance of the Year: Ted Leonard (Thought Chamber)
17. Thought Chamber - Balance of One (6:17)

Female Vocal Performance of the Year: Kate Belcher (Mermaid Kiss)
18. Mermaid Kiss - Shadow Girl (4:04)

Newcomers of the Year: The Reasoning
19. The Reasoning - Awakening (6:49)

Cover Song of the Year:
20. Jordan Rudess - Dance on a Volcano (8:44)

Side Project of the Year: Amaran's Plight
21. Amaran's Plight - Viper (5:35)

Instrumental Track of the Year:
22. Rush - The Main Monkey Business (6:01)

Epic of the Year:
23. Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize (17:43)

Top 10 Prog Albums of 2007

#10 Galahad - Empires Never Last
24. Galahad - Empires Never Last (9:05)

#9 Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
25. Dream Theater - Prophets of War (6:00)

#8 Saga - 10,000 Days
26. Saga - 10,000 Days (4:31)

#7 Din Within - Awaken the Man
27. Din Within - The Bottom / Between Two Lives (6:42)

#6 Mermaid Kiss - Etarlis
28. Mermaid Kiss - Siren Song (3:14)

#5 Mystery - Beneath the Veil of Winter's Face
29. Mystery - Beneath the Veil of Winter's Face (5:58)

#4 Blackfield - II
30. Blackfield - My Gift of Silence (4:05)

#3 Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet / Nil Recurring
31. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (7:28)

#2 Magic Pie - Circus of Life
32. Magic Pie - Circus of Life Pt. 3: What If... (8:04)

#1 Phideaux - Doomsday Afternoon
33. Phideaux - Thank You for the Evil (9:17)
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January 4, 2008 – SHOW #195 / #29

The first show of 2008 provided lots of fantastic music, including a new Peter Gabriel track from the upcoming "Big Blue Ball" compilation. We also heard from the new album "Songs from the Lighthouse" by Italian proggers Moongarden. There were lots of great requests and a bunch of birthdays to celebrate. We took a walk on the fusiony side with The Rebel Wheel, and grooved to the likes of Quidam, Tinyfish, Phideaux, Xinema and more! Plus, we had our faces melted off by the metalness of Mellotrön, and visited the movie set of "The Commitments" in our Lurker: Unprogged segment.

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1. John Paul Jones - Zooma (5:50) - Happy 62nd b-day JPJ!
2. Epic Prog Intro (0:30)

3. Tinyfish - Too Low for High Company (4:15)
4. Quidam - One Day We Find (6:46)
5. Quidam - Kinds of Solitude at Night (5:58)
6. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick (part 1) (22:35) - BY REQUEST

7. Peter Hammill - Famous Last Words (5:49)
8. Iluzjon - Your Life (6:12)
9. Rocket Scientists - Banquo's Ghost (5:59) - BY REQUEST
10. Darwin's Radio - Erase...Rewind (9:42)

11. UK - Nevermore (8:10)
12. Phideaux - Tempest of Mutiny (8:14)
13. Pendragon - The Wishing Well (Live) (17:19)

14. Peter Gabriel (as 'Big Blue Ball') - Whole Thing (5:27)
15. Xinema - Talk (5:53)
16. The Rebel Wheel - Tempra (4:35)
17. The Tangent - The World We Drive Through (Live) (13:26)

The Lurker: Unprogged
18. The Commitments - The Dark End of the Street (2:36)
19. The Commitments - Mustang Sally (4:01)

20. Moongarden - That Child (5:51)
21. Moongarden - Sonya in Search of the Moon 4 (5:46)
22. Moongarden - Solaris (12:58)

23. Gentle Giant - Black Cat (3:54) - Happy 60th b-day Kerry Minnear!
24. Pink Floyd - Candy and a Currant Bun (2:45) - To Honor Syd's birthday
25. David Gilmour - Dark Globe (2:16)
26. The Flower Kings - Last Minute on Earth (11:51) - Happy 44th b-day Hasse Froberg!

27. Peter Gabriel - Biko (7:26) - BY REQUEST
28. Genesis - Mama (6:51) - BY REQUEST
29. Premiata Forneria Marconi - Mr. Nine Till Five (Live) (4:32)
30. King Crimson - Larks Tongues in Aspic, Part One (13:35) - BY REQUEST

31. The Black Noodle Project - Happy End (7:53)
32. Shadow Circus - Inconvenient Compromise (6:02)
33. Mellotrön - Driving Home (9:15)
34. Pure Reason Revolution - The Bright Ambassadors of Morning (11:56)
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January 11, 2008 – SHOW #196 / #30

Tonight's show featured songs from IZZ's newest release, "Live at NEARfest." We also celebrated several birthdays, including three in our "unprogged" segment. Other great music included more Moongarden, some Porcupine Tree, and live epics by Magenta and Cryptic Vision.

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1. Moongarden - Sonya in Search of the Moon 4 (5:46)
2. Epic Prog Intro (0:30)

3. Little Atlas - Stage (4:31)
4. IQ - Born Brilliant (5:20)
5. Proto-Kaw - Old Number 63 (6:52)
6. Magenta - Pride (Live) (12:02)

7. Symphony X - Set the World on Fire (5:55)
8. Moongarden - My Darkside (7:25)
9. Lana Lane - You Can Never Go Home (6:04)
10. It Bites - Once Around the World (14:48)

11. IZZ - Where I Belong (Live) (6:54)
12. IZZ - Assurance (Live) (10:38)
13. IZZ - Coming Like Light (Live) (12:28)

14. Cyan - Pictures From the Other Side (6:19)
15. Frost* - No Me No You (6:06)
16. Kino - Parade (2:31)
17. Cryptic Vision - In a World (Live) (16:07)

The Lurker: Unprogged
18. David Bowie - Starman (4:13) - Happy 61st B-Day David!
19. Led Zeppelin - The Immigrant Song (2:25) - Happy 64th B-Day Jimmy Page!
20. Steely Dan - Doctor Wu (3:56) - Happy 60th B-Day Donald Fagen!

21. Yes - Hearts (7:43) - Happy 62nd B-Day Tony Kaye!
22. Rocket Scientists - Earthbound (6:15)
23. Sylvan - That's Why it Hurts (7:08)
24. Kansas - Journey from Mariabronn (7:58)

25. Tiles - Sacred & Mundane (5:28)
26. Credo - Skin Trade (6:54)
27. Peter Gabriel (Big Blue Ball) - Whole Thing (5:27)
28. Karmakanic - Where Earth Meets the Sky (12:59)

29. Carptree - Superhero (6:34)
30. Abigail's Ghost - Cerulean Blue (7:44)
31. Porcupine Tree - Waiting (Phase One) (4:24) - BY REQUEST
32. Porcupine Tree - Normal (7:07)
33. Collage - Wings in the Night (11:11)
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January 18, 2008 – SHOW #197 / #31

Tonight's show featured new (to me) songs from Airbag, Oxygene8, Days Between Stations, Tin Scribble and Crack the Sky. We celebrated the birthdays of Pete Trewavas and Trevor Rabin. We chucked some oldies in toward the end and threw in a few tracks from the upcoming Ayreon release. Feel free to stop by next week when I celebrate my fourth anniversary of internet radio.

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1. Days Between Stations - How to Seduce a Ghost (4:55)
2. Epic Prog Intro (0:30)

3. Tin Scribble - Wake (6:39)
4. The Third Ending - Back Home (6:16)
5. The Reasoning - Fallen Angels (6:25)
6. Glass Hammer - Into Thin Air (19:19) - RIP Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008)

7. Crack the Sky - The Voice of Revolution Movement 2 (3:26)
8. Abigail's Ghost - Love Sounds (6:48)
9. Abigail's Ghost - Seeping (5:54)
10. Quidam - Depicting Colours of Emotions (10:15) - BY REQUEST

11. Spock's Beard - Cakewalk on Easy Street (5:01)
12. Oxygene8 - Close Your Eyes (4:12)
13. Oxygene8 - Don't Look Down (3:52)
14. Godley & Gouldman - The Same Road (3:57)
15. Days Between Stations - Requiem for the Living (13:26)

16. Rocket Scientists - Welcome to the Machine (4:48)
17. Blind Ego - Moon and Sun (5:09)
18. Airbag - Steal My Soul (8:14)
19. Airbag - My Colours (8:15)

20. Marillion - Fantastic Place (6:12) - Happy 49th B-Day Pete Trewavas!
21. Yes - Shoot High Aim Low (7:03) - Happy 54th B-Day Trevor Rabin!
22. Ayreon - Web of Lies (2:50)
23. The Watch - Two Paces to the Rear (9:10)

24. Arena - Friday's Dream (4:44)
25. The Flower Kings - Ghost of the Red Cloud (4:37)
26. Ayreon - River of Time (4:24)
27. IZZ - Late Night Salvation (Live) (12:02)

28. House of Not - Mainstream (5:23)
29. RPWL - Release Me (5:18)
30. Planet P Project - This is Heaven (3:57)
31. Enchant - Oasis (8:12)

32. Satellite - Fight (4:29)
33. Pink Floyd - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun (5:27)
34. Fayrewether - Poltergeist (4:24)
35. Morse/Portnoy/George - Feeling Stronger Every Day (5:39)
36. Kino - Loser's Day Parade (9:03)
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January 25, 2008 – SHOW #198 / #32

Celebrating four years of internet broadcasting, tonight's show had a special "four" feature. We celebrated the 41st birthday of Dream Theater bassist John Myung, and heard lots of great tunes. Thanks for making my first four years of internet prog radio a lot of fun! NOTE: Next week's show will be pre-recorded, as I'll be out of town, but join me live in two weeks for my 200th broadcast!

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1. Happy the Man - Contemporary Insanity (3:28)
2. Epic Prog Intro (0:30)

3. Magellan - Slow Burn (4:41)
4. Alan Morse - The Rite of Left (4:30)
5. Porcupine Tree - Half-Light (6:20)
6. Ajalon - On the Threshold of Eternity (16:05)

7. Dream Theater - Erotomania (6:44) - Happy 41st birthday John Myung!
8. Iluzjon - Your Life (6:12)
9. Caamora - The Bonding (5:21)
10. The Third Ending - Fingerprints (1:42)
11. The Third Ending - Digital Sunrise (5:47)
12. The Third Ending - Cold Light of Day (3:19)
13. The Third Ending - Falling (3:28)
14. The Third Ending - Part V (3:57)
15. The Third Ending - Coming Around (5:36)
16. The Third Ending - Fingerprints (Reprise) (4:29)

17. Beardfish - Same Old Song (7:51)
18. The Flower Kings - Painter (6:50)
19. Quidam - Of Illusions (8:00)
20. Circa: - Brotherhood of Man (11:48)

21. Magic Pie - Without Knowing Why (7:55)
22. The Black Noodle Project - Room for Everyone (5:11)
23. Spock's Beard - Thoughts (Part II) (4:39)
24. Din Within - Better Than Before (11:56)

The Lurker: Unprogged
25. Led Zeppelin - Four Sticks (4:45) - BY REQUEST

26. Airbag - Speed of Light (6:18)
27. Airbag - No Escape (5:50)
28. Saga - Ice in the Rain (5:00)
29. Pendragon - The Dance of the Seven Veils (Live) (10:52)

30. Porcupine Tree - Four Chords that Made a Million (3:36)
31. Premiata Forneria Marconi - Four Holes in the Ground (Live) (7:26)
32. Spock's Beard - 4th of July (3:11)
33. Dream Theater - Act I: Scene Four: Beyond This Life (11:22)

34. Heart - Sylvan Song (2:14) - BY REQUEST
35. Heart - Dream of the Archer (4:31) - BY REQUEST
36. Genesis - Seven Stones (5:11)
37. IQ - The Seventh House (14:26)
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February 1, 2008 – SHOW #199 / #33

A pre-recorded show for your listening pleasure, but with a twist. Even though this week's show wasn't live, all the songs played throughout it ARE! Yep, it's an Epic Prog chock full of live tracks. Wouldn't want to leave you a whole week without a new show. Please join me next week, when I'll be back for my 200th broadcast of Epic Prog.

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1. Enchant - Progtology (Live) (6:54)
2. Epic Prog Intro (0:30)

3. Star One - High Moon (Live) (5:28)
4. Spock's Beard - Thoughts (Live) (7:02)
5. Fish - Credo (Live) (7:28)
6. IZZ - Star Evil Gnoma Su (Live) (9:19)

7. Satellite - Beautiful World (Live) (10:20)
8. David Gilmour - Dark Globe (Live) (2:16)
9. Blackfield - Christenings (Live) (4:44)
10. The Flower Kings - Humanizzimo (Live) (23:10)

11. RPWL - Start the Fire (Live) (4:51)
12. Tiles - Static (Live) (5:51)
13. Marillion - Ocean Cloud (Live) (17:20)

14. NEO - Shadows of Fate (Live) (5:50)
15. Pallas - Beat the Drum (Live) (8:57)
16. Mostly Autumn - Answer the Question (Live) (4:53)
17. Genesis - Cinema Show (Live) (10:58) - Happy 57th birthday Phil Collins!

18. The Tangent - Forsaken Cathedrals (Live) (6:01)
19. Rush - Mission (Live) (5:46)
20. Kino - Letting Go (Live) (6:03)
21. Yes - And You and I (Live) (10:50)

22. Magenta - King of the Skies (Live) (4:40)
23. Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine (Live) (8:29)
24. Cryptic Vision - Ascension (Live) (5:27)
25. Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere (But Not Here) (Live) (12:46)

26. Riverside - Loose Heart (Live) (5;26)
27. Saga - Conversations (Live) (4:42)
28. Pendragon - Masters of Illusion (Live) (12:03)
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February 8, 2008 – SHOW #200 / #34


The 200th broadcast of Epic Prog was chock full of brand new music from The Tangent, RPWL, Invisigoth, Simon Says, Ayreon and more. We bid a happy birthday to Dave Meros of Spock's Beard, and sent our condolences toward Great Britain for the passing of Steve Hogarth's mother earlier this week. Thanks to everyone who has made the first 200 broadcasts so much fun to do, and here's to the next 200!

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1. Rush - Limbo (5:28)
2. Epic Prog Intro (0:30)

3. Marillion - Estonia (7:56)
4. Arena - The Shattered Room (9:46)
5. Satellite - Time Stands Still (8:23)
6. Spock's Beard - At the End of the Day (16:28) - Happy birthday Dave Meros!

7. Airbag - Sounds That I Hear (Part II) (7:28)
8. Ayreon - Ride the Comet (3:29)
9. Ayreon - Waking Dreams (6:31)
10. Pendragon - The Shadow (9:55)

11. Invisigoth - Scars and Dust (5:24)
12. Invisigoth - Dark Highway Part 1 - Transmission (9:34)
13. Invisigoth - Dark Highway Part 2 - Before First Light (11:58)

14. The Tangent - A Crisis in Mid Life (7:11)
15. The Tangent - Bat Out of Basildon (5:53)
16. The Tangent - The Full Gamut (22:39)

17. RPWL - Masters of War (6:17)
18. RPWL - This is Not a Prog Song (5:35)
19. Simon Says - Brother Where You Bound? (26:33)

20. Threshold - Phenomenon (5:28)
21. Xinema - Talk (5:53)
22. King Crimson - Book of Saturday (2:55)
23. Jon Anderson - Song of Seven (Live) (11:40)

24. Eloy - Incarnation of the Logos (8:28)
25. Collage - Living in the Moonlight (4:43)
26. Peter Gabriel - Mercy Street (6:20)
27. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Still You Turn Me On (2:53)
28. The Flower Kings - One More Time (13:05)
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February 15, 2008 – SHOW #201 / #35

More new music from The Tangent, RPWL, Invisigoth, Simon Says, Ayreon and more. We bid a happy birthday to Steve Hackett and Peter Gabriel, and enjoyed some great requests from the chat room.

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1. John Paul Jones - Snake Eyes (7:31)
2. Epic Prog Intro (0:30)

3. GPS - I Believe in Yesterday (7:15)
4. Ayreon - The Truth is Here (5:12)
5. The Urbane - Parachute (5:56)
6. The Tangent - Four Egos, One War (21:11)

7. Oxygene8 - Close Your Eyes (4:12)
8. Ghost Circus - Losing Time (5:36)
9. Ghost Circus - Reflection (3:33)
10. RPWL - Silenced (9:52)

11. Riverside - Beyond the Eyelids (7:56)
12. Riverside - Artificial Smile (5:27)
13. Invisigoth - Shine On (4:30)
14. Simon Says - As the River Runs (10:40)

15. Steve Hackett - Wolfwork (4:49) - Happy 58th birthday Steve!
16. Peter Gabriel - Whole Thing (5:27) - Happy 58th birthday PG!
17. Genesis - Time Table (4:47)
18. Genesis - The Musical Box (10:29)

19. Anathema - A Natural Disaster (6:27)
20. Porcupine Tree - Way Out of Here (7:38) - BY REQUEST
21. Phideaux - Have You Hugged Your Robot? (3:08)
22. Jim Gaffigan - Holidays (5:15)
23. Glass Hammer - Ember Without Name (16:38) - BY REQUEST

24. Moongarden - That Child (5:51)
25. A.C.T - Useless Arguments (4:49)
26. Magic Pie - Motions of Desire (6:32)
27. Satellite - Dreams (13:30)

28. King Crimson - Happy with What You Have to be Happy With (3:17)
29. Paatos - Téa (5:49)
30. Din Within - Song for Life (5:09)
31. Marillion - Hotel Hobbies (3:35)
32. Marillion - Warm Wet Circles (4:25)
33. Marillion - That Time of the Night (The Short Straw) (6:00)
34. Rush - The Camera Eye (10:57) - BY REQUEST
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[The_Lurker]

February 22, 2008 – SHOW #202 / #36

Tonight's show featured new music from The Healing Road's latest album, "Timanfaya." Thanks to our friend Thomas in Germany for sending it overseas so we could all enjoy it. We also had a whole bunch of Swedish prog, and we heard more from the new Invisigoth, Simon Says and Ghost Circus albums, as well as a few demo tracks from an up-and-coming progressive metal band out of Detroit, called Mellotrön.

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1. The Healing Road - Devil's Garden (4:32)
2. Epic Prog Intro (0:30)

3. Spock's Beard - There Was a Time (4:58)
4. Wetton/Downes - Overture: Paradox / Let Me Go (6:28)
5. Airbag - My Colours (8:15)
6. Änglagård - Jordrok (11:10)

7. Simon Says - Strawberry Jam (2:32)
8. Toto - Let it Go (5:00)
9. Beardfish - Sunrise (7:54)
10. Ghost Circus - Through the Light Part 1 - The Calling (4:38)
11. Ghost Circus - Through the Light Part 2 - The Choice (2:50)
12. Ghost Circus - Through the Light Part 3 - The Essence of Life (3:31)
13. Ghost Circus - Through the Light Part 4 - The Sea of Shadows (5:14)
14. Ghost Circus - Through the Light Part 5 - Soaring Above (3:00)
15. Ghost Circus - Through the Light Part 6 - Breaking Through (1:29)
16. Ghost Circus - Through the Light Part 7 - The Distance Memory (4:03)
17. Ghost Circus - Through the Light Part 8 - The Final Steps (2:12)

18. The Healing Road - Crashing Waves (4:27)
19. The Healing Road - Blackbeach (3:33)
20. The Healing Road - Fire Mountains (9:37)

21. Mellotrön - Driving Home (9:17)
22. Mellotrön - Here, It's Over (5:03)
23. Knight Area - Courteous Love (7:07)
24. Karmakanic - Where the Earth Meets the Sky (12:59) - BY REQUEST

25. RPWL - Breathe In, Breathe Out (3:52)
26. Roger Hodgson - Had a Dream (Sleeping With the Enemy) (8:26)
27. Invisigoth - Dark Highway Part 3 - New Rome (11:03)
28. Invisigoth - Dark Highway Part 4 - Take the Blood (10:09)

29. Ghost Circus - Pathway (4:02)
30. Mike Keneally & Beer for Dolphins - Live in Japan (4:46)
31. Sylvan - That's Why it Hurts (7:08)
32. Simon Says - Suddenly the Rain (14:48)

33. Circa: - Information Overload (5:54)
34. Quidam - They are There to Remind Us (7:48)
35. Le Orme - Il Vecchio (Live) (4:03)
36. Galahad - This Life Could be My Last (9:18)
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February 29, 2008 – SHOW #203 / #37

Happy Leap Day everyone! This was the first ever Feb. 29 edition of Epic Prog. We featured new live music from Porcupine Tree, new music from Panic Room and several great requests. We also celebrated some Saga birthdays and enjoyed a little Echolyn in honor of them being named to the CalProg lineup for 2008.

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1. The Healing Road - Observe and Learn (9:12)
2. Epic Prog Intro (0:30)

3. Yes - City of Love (4:52)
4. A.C.T - Biggest Mistake (7:49)
5. Dial - Nature's Cruelty (2:17)
6. Little Atlas - Silence (10:46)

7. Echolyn - The End is Beautiful (7:45)
8. Rush - Faithless (5:31)
9. Ghost Circus - Holding On (6:44)
10. Darwin's Radio - Erase...Rewind (9:42)

11. Panic Room - Reborn (4:57)
12. Panic Room - Moon on the Water (2:59)
13. Panic Room - Endgame (Speed of Life) (10:11)

14. Porcupine Tree - Stars Die (Live) (4:33)
15. Porcupine Tree - Normal (Live) (4:52)
16. Porcupine Tree - Waiting (Live) (3:52)
17. Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize (17:43)

18. Spock's Beard - The Slow Crash Landing Man (5:47)
19. Mermaid Kiss - Shadow Girl (4:04)
20. Invisigoth - Dark Highway Part 4 - Take the Blood (10:49) - BY REQUEST
21. Pendragon - The Walls of Babylon (10:49) - BY REQUEST

22. Saga - Don't Be Late (Chapter 2) (6:01) - Happy B-day Jim Gilmour & Jim Crichton!
23. RPWL - Masters of War (6:17)
24. Frost* - Milliontown (26:35) - BY REQUEST

25. Nightwish - Amaranth (3:53)
26. Unifaun - Swingers Party (5:47)
27. Talk Talk - Such a Shame (5:43)
28. The Tangent - Four Egos One War (21:11)

29. Echolyn - Lovesick Morning (10:12) - BY REQUEST
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[The_Lurker]

March 7, 2008 – SHOW #204 / #38

In honor of Chris Squire turning 60 years old this week, we packed tonight's show with lots of goodies from Yes. We also celebrated the birthdays of David Gilmour, Peter Gee (Pendragon) and Matthew Fisher (Procol Harum), and paid tribute to the passing of the old Dungeon Master himself, Gary Gygax. Also, be sure to check out the very impressive remix of Dodo/Lurker by Unity Gain!

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1. Camel - After All These Years (5:55)
2. Epic Prog Intro (0:30)

3. Ritual - Humble Decision (4:01)
4. Sieges Even - Unbreakable (8:59)
5. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Take a Pebble (12:31)

6. Galahad - Termination (7:14)
7. Yes - A Venture (3:20)
8. Annie Haslam with Magenta - Night and Day (4:32)
9. IZZ - In the Cage Medley (16:22)

10. Yes - Lightning Strikes (4:35) - BY REQUEST
11. Yes - Can I? (1:32) - BY REQUEST
12. Yes - Face to Face (5:03) - BY REQUEST
13. Tiles - Reasonable Doubt (11:41)

14. The Black Noodle Project - Tomorrow Birds Will Sing (6:50)
15. King Crimson - The Power to Believe II (7:43)
16. Chris Squire - Lucky Seven (6:54) - Happy 60th Chris!
17. Sylvan - Given-Used-Forgotten (12:55)

18. Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale (4:07) - Happy 62nd Matthew Fisher!
19. David Gilmour - Fat Old Sun (Live) (6:22) - Happy 62nd David!
20. Pendragon - And We'll Go Hunting Deer (7:17) - Happy 45th Peter Gee!
21. GPS - New Jerusalem (8:26)

Gary Gygax tribute
22. The Flower Kings - Dungeon of the Deep (4:24)
23. Glass Hammer - Heroes and Dragons (3:45)
24. Ayreon - Dragon on the Sea (7:09)
25. Tiles - Dragons, Dreams and Daring Deeds (8:09)

26. Unity Gain - Dodo / Lurker (8:25)
27. RPWL - This is Not a Prog Song (5:35)
28. Antimatter - Flowers (5:11)
29. Yes - The Gates of Delirium (21:56)

30. Blackfield - My Gift of Silence (4:05)
31. Porcupine Tree - Lazarus (live) (4:29)
32. Strawbs - Autumn (8:28)
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March 14, 2008 – SHOW #205 / #39

Happy 43rd birthday to Billy Sherwood. We played a couple tracks from his band, Circa. We had some nice Neal Morse requests and a smorgasbord of proggy goodness, finishing off the night with a flurry of tracks from The Flower Kings and their "Flower Power" release.

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1. John Paul Jones - Zooma (5:50)
2. Epic Prog Intro (0:30)

3. Kansas - Black Fathom 4 (5:53)
4. Rush - Ghost Rider (5:41)
5. Rocket Scientists - When Sorrow Falls (5:15)
6. Jordan Rudess - Tarkus (22:47)

7. Neal Morse - Overture No. 2 (2:30) - BY REQUEST
8. Neal Morse - Break of Day (6:55) - BY REQUEST
9. Neal Morse - Power in the Air (5:03) - BY REQUEST
10. Asia - Free (8:12)

11. Man on Fire - The Block (5:37)
12. Airbag - Steal My Soul (8:14)
13. Panic Room - Reborn (4:57)
14. Little Atlas - The Prisoner (10:38)

15. Genesis - Match of the Day (3:30)
16. The Tangent - Lost in London 25 Years Later (7:31)
17. Kino - Letting Go (5:25)
18. NEO - Crown of Thorns (Live) (9:55)

19. Symphony X - Paradise Lost (6:32)
20. Go Robot, Go! - Sun City Suicide (4:19)
21. CIRCA: - Trust in Something (7:56)
22. CIRCA: - Brotherhood of Man (11:48) - Happy 43rd Birthday Billy Sherwood!

23. Yes - Wonderous Stories (Live) (3:53)
24. No-Man - Back When You Were Beautiful (5:07)
25. IZZ - Molly's Jig (Live) (2:35)
26. Simon Says - Suddenly the Rain (14:48)

27. Starcastle - All for the Thunder (6:07) - BY REQUEST
28. Black Bonzo - Thorns Upon a Crown (6:51) - BY REQUEST
29. The Flower Kings - Psychedelic Postcard (8:42) - BY REQUEST
30. The Flower Kings - Hudson River Sirens Call 1998 (4:47)
31. The Flower Kings - Magic Pie (8:19)
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March 21, 2008 – SHOW #206 / #40

Tonight's show featured new music from Neal Morse's latest Inner Circle release and new music from Swedish proggers Moon Safari. We also celebrated the 58th birthdays of Roger Hodgson and Carl Palmer, and got some nice requests from the peanut gallery.

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1. Ghost Circus - Reflection (3:23)
2. Epic Prog Intro (0:30)

3. K2 Chapter 3: The Edge of Light (7:03)
4. Duke - We All Need Some Light (5:34)
5. Canvas - Spiders (5:11)
6. Neal Morse - Testimedley (Live) (33:42)

7. Asia - Time Again (Live) (5:14) - Happy 58th b-day Carl Palmer!
8. Roger Hodgson - Had a Dream (Sleeping With the Enemy) (8:26) - Happy 58th b-day Roger Hodgson!
9. Anthony Phillips - God If I Saw Her Now (4:17)
10. Shadow Circus - Journey of Everyman (11:40)

11. Neal Morse - Set the Kingdom (Demo) (10:57)
12. Neal Morse - Fly High (Demo) (6:35)
13. Neal Morse - The Good Don't Last / Open Wide the Flood Gates (Live) (9:32)
14. Unifaun - Quest for the Last Virtue (13:56) - BY REQUEST

15. Moon Safari - To Sail Beyond the Sunset (5:18)
16. Moon Safari - Lady of the Woodlands (3:36)
17. Moon Safari - Constant Bloom (1:27)
18. Moon Safari - Methuselah's Children (15:42)

19. Satellite - Time Stands Still (8:23)
20. Renaissance - Ocean Gypsy (7:06)
21. Panic Room - Elektra City (8:30) - BY REQUEST
22. Discipline - Canto IV (Limbo) (13:47)

23. Gordian Knot - Code/Anticode (6:47)
24. Ajalon - The Highway (3:56)
25. Blind Ego - Moon and Sun (5:09)
26. Moongarden - Solaris (12:58)

27. Marillion - When I Meet God (9:17)
28. Mermaid Kiss - A Different Sky (5:17) - BY REQUEST
29. Phideaux - The Doctrine of Eternal Ice (Part 1) (3:00)
30. Yes - Awaken (15:38)
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