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Happy birthday to both of you, and welcome to adulthood! :D

Part-D is for drugs. I'd rather have it than not have it!

The washed-up celebrities are selling Medicare Advantage - which is related to Part-C - though MA usually rolls in Part-D.

IMO, Part-D...

Different, I'll give it that!

But different is good! I'll be interested to hear the new album.

Whoah - how did that happen? :huh

I meant to quote you and post my comment as a reply. No idea how my post was inserted into yours.

I've "doctored" your original post to hopefully make it...

Interesting post. But nothing to do with the OP - i.e. artists battling the likes of "Ticket Bastard" ;)

Not specifically "prog" - but it affects all of us:

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/25/1247130677/musicians-congress-letter-ticketing-fans-first-act-billie-eilish-green-day

It's about time, IMO

To my (much) earlier post:



My prediction about big changes will prove to be correct, though my specific guesses were wrong. Already confirmed:
- Hamilton to Ferrari
- Hulkenberg to Sauber...

Yep - I agree, Chris. Earlier this year I suspected that the Red Bull team would start splitting up, and their dominance would not continue into 2026.

There's a clear division between the Horner...

As a rookie and 2nd-year driver, Stroll showed flashes of brilliance. IIRC, he was once the youngest driver to qualify for the front row (or some similar achievement) when he was still driving for...

Do I correctly understand that he spent much of his youth in the USA? I seem to recall hearing that he went to school in Philadelphia..?

That's partly true ;)

Audi has purchased Sauber. That has been in the mix since 2 years ago, and the transaction was only 100% formalized recently.. So they'll be a new team in name, but not a...

Watched much of it, but not all. It looked like a close thing until the back 9 today - at one point, 5 players were within 2 strokes of the lead. Then - Scheffler pulled away and deserved the green...

Greg,

Mid-July. You should get a notification from the system (if it's behaving properly).

Thanks!

^^^ Fascinating! I've loved / hated the Funeral For A Friend track ever since we played it at the funeral of a good friend of mine, several decades ago. But we kept it instrumental - and faded it...

Yes - and the performance was particularly good - very close to the original.



True, though I've seen worse.

BTW - I also saw a stage production at the Kennedy Center in DC in 2022. It was...

LOL

I mean I know who you are because we've met a few times.

Ack!

Sorry, Mike (I do actually know who you are! :) )

Dammit - now I'm going to have to spin that again, and I'll have a weeklong earworm! :mad



:D :lol

Agreed - they're very good. (Caveat : :cookie)

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Dave, it's worth a listen. "Spin" it on YouTube, as a try-before-you-buy.

I've spun this one many times in the last few weeks:

Scardust : Strangers

2nd release from this Israeli band - prog metal, sort of Epica meets Dream Theater. Very approachable, yet pretty...

Happy birthday, Klonk!

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I'm pretty sure that they would at least slow the ship down, to the point that the bridge might not have been destroyed.

Many of the newer bridges have installed "Dolphins". I have to assume they...

:D :D

Those are different, to be sure! One is pretty "musical", the other isn't. Experimentation is good and allows music to progress!




Oh - wait - I forgot. Progressive music isn't supposed to...

Makes me wonder why they didn't erect bollards to protect the bridge's stanchions! :mad

Oh, wait - it would cost a lot more :(. Silly me.

That should be standard practice on ALL bridges that...

Yep - I've been watching it on the news since 4:00am. I've crossed that bridge before.

This is a MAJOR incident. Probably many lives lost. Tragedy.

In addition - there will be monster...

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I've probably "spun" Melted Bodies Enjoy Yourself a dozen times in the last few weeks. It's a blast - and pretty different. Don't expect the same-old / same-old boring metal format here.

I'm so...

What does a golfer do in a thunderstorm?

Steps into the middle of the fairway, and holds his 1-iron up high.

'Cuz even God can't hit a 1-iron!



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Agreed.

One of Tiger Woods's biggest contributions to golf was that he was the first top-level player to follow a very tough fitness and strength regime, specifically geared toward the game. Now...

Just spun Timeless Flight for the first time in (probably) 35 years. Strange, I remembered almost every word and every note.

I particularly enjoyed Duncan McKay's keyboard work on the album.

Nico Rosberg's Dad (also a former world-champion) is Finnish, though he goes as a German.

There doesn't seem to be much consistency in what nationality the modern Europeans claim. Is this a...

I never caught that! :lol :D

I'll give it a try.

I got bored with the classic prog-metal / power-metal genres some time ago, but it's fun to dive back in every so often.

I loved Tommy.

It wasn't very "prog", IMO. There were a lot of "rock opera" or "concept albums" at the time, and Tommy was among the first, and one of the better ones - and (IIRC) the first...

Back in the '70s I loved Steve Harley / Cockney Rebel.

I didn't have many of their albums and can't remember too many details - though I remember enjoying Timeless Flight.

I should see if I can...

Like Genesis and Gabriel, there are 2 incarnations of Spock's Beard : The Morse era, and post-Morse.

I believe the best Morse-era album was the last : Snow.

For post-Morse, I'd suggest Brief...

I've always wondered about that. In addition, he was born in Belgium.

BTW - Norris is also 1/2 Belgian. His mom is Flemish, he speaks the language fluently, and he used to spend several months a...

Same with rugby (Union).

The USA Formula 1 broadcasts are always commercial free, for the full 2+ hours of the event. They have limited commercials during practice sessions and between the...

Yep - same here.



On the rare occasions I'm watching live TV, the mute button is hit the moment the commercials start. It's been a house rule for decades. So - I've actually heard ... almost...

On a loosely-related note - regarding Monaco: Princess Charlene comes from my old home town and also went to my old high school - albeit several years (generations? :geezer ) later.

I was impressed. Similar thing with Liam Lawson last year - who out-drove Tsunoda.

I'd be happy to see those 2 included in the 2025 lineup, and start flushing out some of the deadwood.

The Cider House Rules was my fave, along with Garp. (Have you seen the Garp movie, with Robin Williams?)

However, I haven't read Meany. <Adds it to the list...>

I get my news from the 1440.

https://join1440.com/

EVERY legacy "news" organization out there has their own "spin", and political agenda. 1440 doesn't. (Or - not yet, anyway.)

Thanks!

I've thought for a long time about reading Satanic Verses - never got around to it.

Is it worth a read?

That's a surprise.

I only needed to break out the snow thrower twice this year - a BIT less than most years, but it varies a lot.

I get pissed-off when people say "it didn't snow this year...

I'm planning to do this for the first time this year.

Got some good advice from a friend who's been doing it for years, and hope to see several hummers.

We've had a few of them at my Mandevilla...

:(

Many of his family members followed him into racing - not quite the Andretti dynasty, but close.

Agreed

Look up "Sinfonity" on Youtube.

They're a (electric) guitar orchestra, with more than a dozen guitarists, and play pretty good renditions of classical pieces.

Two examples of more...

Dave, I installed an app called "Mightytext" on my phone.

Then I run the mightytext.net web site, and bingo - phone and laptop are synched for text messages.

One of the richest men in the world is Warren Buffett. He collects one penny from every year, going back about 100 years.

Someone asked him what his collection was worth. He said "Oh ... about a...

I have a top-end smart phone and use it a lot. BUT I still prefer the full screen of a laptop. I send and receive most text messages, and Whatsapp conversations, from my PC.

Would the Rick Wakeman / Roger Daltrey recording of the music from Lisztomania count?

Not sure I'd necessarily call it "prog" (whatever that is ;)) but I loved it in the '70s, and still spin it...

Why?

That focus will exclude a lot of potentially good music.

Dana,

Sad to hear about your RABBRAI experience! Still you've ridden so many of them now, you should be in their hall of fame :)

After my Mt.Rainier climb last year I was very INactive, , and...

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