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PROG MAGAZINE – YES’s 90125 goes under the microscope.
I would never have believed that Progressive Rock as a musical genre would ever have its own magazine during the late 70s and into the...
Dec 2, 20232 min read
DISSTORY: FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION PART THREE
Please read in conjunction with the first two parts on this website. ABSOLUTELY FREE “MGM refused to print Frank Zappa’s ‘libretto’ on...
Oct 9, 202315 min read
EXCUSE ME WHILE I TOUCH THE SKY: THE STORY OF JIMI HENDRIX part two
Please read in conjunction with JIMI HENDRIX part one, originally intended as part of an unpublished book to follow up “Within You,...
Oct 9, 202311 min read
BILLIE HOLIDAY (part two)
Please read in conjunction with BILLIE HOLIDAY PART ONE on this website. This is part of a projected follow-up book to ‘Within You,...
Oct 9, 20239 min read
FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION (PART TWO)
Everything you ever wanted to know about “FREAK OUT!” …and some! THE LEADER FRANK Vincent ZAPPA (1940- 1993) BORN Baltimore, Maryland,...
Sep 27, 202316 min read


FRANZ KAFKA : THE ENIGMA OF HIS UNFINISHED BOOK
Kafka’s work has always presented something of an enigma to me, although I am clearly influenced by it as many other writers are. ‘The...
Sep 1, 20235 min read
AROUND EUROPE IN 80 EUROPEAN PROGRESSIVE ROCK BOOKS LATEST
It is with great disappointment that we are not able to print paper copies of this proposed book. Samples of the book have been published...
Aug 23, 20231 min read
AROUND EUROPE IN 80 PROGRESSIVE ROCK GROUPS
AROUND EUROPE IN 80 PROGRESSIVE ROCK GROUPS The projected book is progressing well with most of the groups listed below already...
Aug 9, 20231 min read
ANOTHER EXCERPT FROM AROUND EUROPE IN 80 PROGRESSIVE BANDS
Please note that, while we have a few pre-orders we are still short of the number we would need to justify the production of a physical...
Jul 31, 20235 min read


ACID DRAGON- NEW ISSUE OUT NOW
Please read this important message! We need your help! Reading Thierry Sportouche’s editorial makes me sad. “Am I getting old? I see less...
Jul 19, 20233 min read


KEV ROWLAND: THE PROGRESSIVE UNDERGROUND
“Bigger than Lord of the Rings” I believe that Kev Rowland, whom I remember from way back when he used to produce his Feedback magazine,...
Jul 19, 20231 min read
Extract from forthcoming book: AROUND EUROPE IN 180 PROGRESSIVE ROCK GROUPS see Projects for details
ANGE is the main prog band in France together with Magma, but is less known abroad than Magma although they did tour extensively in the...
Jul 3, 20235 min read
Extract from forthcoming book AROUND EUROPE IN 180 PROGRESSIVE ROCK GROUPS see PROJECTS for details
ACQUA FRAGILE, from Parma, Italy, was founded by Bernardo Lanzetti (vocals, guitar), Gino Campanini (guitar) and Piero Canavera (drums),...
Jul 3, 20232 min read


HAWKWIND: DAYS OF THE UNDERGROUND: RADICAL ESCAPISM IN THE AGE OF PARANOIA by JOE BANKS
Joe Banks takes a unique approach in ‘Days of the Underground’: a chronological précis of all the Hawkwind albums from 1970 to 1980...
Jun 2, 20232 min read
Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka
In a time when crime-fiction has descended into the world of psychological who-dun-its thrillers, and concentrate more on the why?,...
May 2, 20233 min read
Jack Reacher 4: The Visitor by Lee Child
The fourth book in the ever (and continuing) line of Jack Reacher novels is perhaps Lee Child’s best (as of yet). The titular character...
Apr 5, 20233 min read
The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
THE MAN IN THE BROWN SUIT is an attempt by Agatha Christie to do an all-out thriller narrative rather than it being a simple...
Mar 30, 20231 min read
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
Spoilers are within this review As much as I would want to give this book a glowing review, I can't. When I read the cover and discovered...
Mar 30, 20233 min read
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