1080prognostications
It’s time for a new “fortune cookie game”, and I’m the one who’s going to start it. This is my one shot at being a big Internet superstar, maybe even bigger than Dramatic Gopher, and I’m going to take it. Please spread this far and wide.
Yeah, adding “…in bed” to the end of [...]
Reading Is Fun With Metal
I’m still recovering from vacation and trying to catch up on stuff around the house, so this is going to be short. I mentioned in this post that an additional problem with ebooks, or at least with the way I read ebooks from my Palm T|X PDA, is that the screen is not really [...]
Feel Feel The Sun
I know you all really, really want another entry in the extremely popular Guide To Kayak series I’ve been running, but I have to take a break today. You see, I’ve actually been on an extended weekend getaway with my girlfriend to Cancún Mexico for the past 4 days. We were lounging on the [...]
An Incomplete Guide To Kayaking: Part 3
This is a continuation of my series of blog entries on the Dutch progressive rock band Kayak.
Phase 2: Prog Pop (1975-1977)
The Last Encore
Kayak’s fourth album featured the same lineup as the third one and built on Royal Bed Bouncer, further refining their prog pop or “symphonic rock” sound.
But change was in the offing, as the [...]
An Incomplete Guide To Kayaking: Part 2
This is a continuation of my series of blog entries on the Dutch progressive rock band Kayak.
Phase 2: Prog Pop (1975-1977)
Royal Bed Bouncer
The first album in Kayak Phase 2, which I call their “Prog Pop” phase was their third album overall, Royal Bed Bouncer. The band lineup was pretty much the same as on [...]
An Incomplete Guide To Kayaking: Part 1
This is a continuation of my series of blog entries on the Dutch progressive rock band Kayak.
Phase 1: The Prog Years (1973-1974)
See See The Sun
Kayak (II)
Kayak’s first album See See The Sun came out in 1973. Like it’s 1974 followup, Kayak (aka Kayak II), it’s pretty much a pure prog affair, though most of [...]