I'm very happy and proud to announce that on this Sunday (5th of April) we will celebrate Prog & Roll's 100th broadcast! It's been more than 2.5 years Prog & Roll is 'on air', and during these years we had the pleasure to have listeners from many countries, and to "meet" people and musicians who can now call as our friends, despite the fact we never met them from close. The truth is that your love and support are giving us strength to continue and try to improve all the time. That's why it's very important to us to celebrate it altogether.
During the last 2-3 weeks we are playing a "game" altogether, and on this Sunday you will learn of the results. The "game" is that we asked of our listeners to make a 10-album list, which they would take with them on a deserted island. (And this time we are participating as well). The response was impressive, and I want to thank you for that. So, what we did is to collect all your lists and see which bands and albums are your most favourite ones, and we prepared the playlist according to your choices. I believe that the playlist I have right now in my hands, is a very interesting one to say the least. ;-)
Further than that, we have a couple of small surprises prepared as well, but I'm not going to say what they are.
So, if you are free on this Sunday, we will be very glad to "see" you online, and speak with you through the chat box, as we will be listening to nice music. As far as I know, there will be many musicians who will join our show once more, so if you want to "meet" and chat with them this is a good chance to do so. I want to remind you that Prog & Roll start at 20.00 UK time, and the broadcast is in English and Greek. You can join our show by clicking the following link: www.justincaseradio.com
That's all for now, I hope to see you there! :-)
Thank you.
As I wrote in a post a few days ago, on Sunday the
29th of March I went to the mini festival 'A Journey to Prog' in which 3
very good Greek bands were participating. Before anything else, I should say
that I couldn't stay until the end, so I almost missed the performance of
'Poem'. I only saw the first 2 songs they played, and then I had to go.
That's why I can't provide any info about their performance.
The concert took place at a very
"warm" place called 'Kyttaro Live' which is in the center of Athens.
I reached there almost a half hour before the start, and I was kind of
disappointed from the crowd I saw there. And although as the time was passing
more and more people were showing up, they never filled the place. That was
kind of a letdown for everybody I believe, and it was real pity, because all
bands performed really well.
Now let's take
a look at the concert:
At 21.00 Mother Turtle from Thessaloniki
appeared on stage. I never saw them live before and I was really curious, because
for me the stage is the "mirror" of every band or artist. When you
are on the stage facing the crowd, you have to prove yourself, and show to
everybody that you got what it takes. Well, I have to say that the guys surely
"got it"! They played for almost an hour, presenting the songs
from their (very good) debut album. Their performance was excellent, and they
played the songs superbly! As for the end, they kept a surprise for us. The
last song was a really good (and a little bit faster) cover version of 'Lady
Fantasy'. (You know, from 'Camel'). That was the cherry on the cake! This
was the first time I saw them live, but it will surely not be the last one! I
strongly recommend seeing them live on every given occasion. You will not
regret it!
Here is Mother Turtle's setlist:
707 (A November Less)
The Elf
Mother Turtle and the Evil Mushroom Part.1
God Games
Rhinocerotic
Lady Fantasy (Camel cover)
The second band which appeared on stage was 'Verbal Delirium'. I have seen them twice in the past, so I knew what to expect more or less.Their performance lasted more than an hour, during which they played songs from their two albums. Furthermore, they presented two new songs from the third forthcoming album.'Verbal Delirium' consists of 5 basic members, plus a very important addition: Nicolas Nicolopoulos, the leader of the band 'Ciccada' who gives a unique "flavour" to their sound by playing Mellotron, Flute and Saxophone. All of them are very "professional" on stage, and their performances are always of very high standards.The same happened this time as well. Usually they end their shows with a cover version, but this time they chose not to play one.
What I wrote for 'Mother Turtle' stands for 'Verbal Delirium' as well. Both are very promising bands,and going to their shows is always a pleasure. So, try not to miss their next ones!
Here you can check Verbal Delirium's setlist:
10.000 Roses
The Scene Remains the Same
Dancing Generation
Desintegration
Erased
Decayed Reflection
Imprisoned Words of Fear
Sudden Winter
Aeons
After a small break, it was time for the Progressive Metal band 'Poem' to get on the stage. As I mentioned earlier, I wasn't able to sit through their show, and I watched only the first two songs. Both of them were good ones, but I have no idea about the rest of their set. It was a pity I had to leave, but I hope to see them in one of their next concerts. For the same reason I have no setlist to provide to you, and I'm sorry for that.
I took some videos with my mobile camera, but the sound is terrible, so I'm not posting them here. Instead, I'll post some videos I found on YouTube from some older performances of the bands. (In Poem's video, the live footage starts at 1:50)
All those who are following or checking from time to time my blog, know that on every Saturday I'm posting my weekly Top-5 songlist. Despite my very busy schedule this week, I found enough time to listen to music. And because there is no Prog & Roll radio show tomorrow, I had nothing to prepare. So, as you'll see from my list, this week I chose to listen to different styles of music than usual, which means no Prog at all!
And without further ado, these are my best songs for this week: QUEEN: Innuendo (Innuendo - 1991) BOB DYLAN: Isis (Desire - 1976) TED NUGENT: Stranglehold (Ted Nugent - 1976) BAUHAUS: Silent Hedges (The Sky's Gone Out - 1982) JOAN BAEZ: Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (Any Day Now - 1968)
I will conclude this post by adding a couple of videos with songs from my list in order to listen to. So, here's the beautiful 'Sad-Eyes Lady of the Lowlands' by Joan Baez, and 'Innuendo' by Queen. Enjoy the music, and have a great weekend!
Thank you for reading. :-)
I'm writing this post in order to inform you that tomorrow's Prog & Roll radio show is cancelled, because both me & my wife will go the the mini festival 'A Journey to Prog' which I mention in the post below.
Prog & Roll will be back on next Sunday the 5th of April for the 100th show! We are planning many things and surprises for that show, so try not to miss it!
Thank you. :-)
For a 3rd year in a row all those who are living in Athens will have the opportunity to enjoy a night filled with beautiful sounds and melodies. 'A Journey to Prog' is a one day festival on which are participating 3 of the most good and promising Greek bands right now. I'm talking about 'Poem', 'Mother Turtle', and 'Verbal Delirium'. The event will take place at 'Kyttaro Live' which is in the center of Athens, and the entrance fee is only 10 Euro (including a beer or a wine). The doors will open at 20.00, and the event will start at 20.30 sharp! In my opinion it's going to be a very good event, and to be honest I can't wait to go.I stronlgy recommend this mini festival to all those who are fond of Rock & Prog -Rock (but not only). All 3 bands are very good ones, and I'm sure that everybody will have some great time. At the end of the post I will add 3 videos with songs from these bands, so you can check them out in case you don't know their music and style.
For those who are Greeks (or know Greek) here is the official Press Announcement:
H Eλληνική μουσική σκηνή έχει να επιδείξει υψηλής αισθητικής μουσικούς
δημιουργούς
και συγκροτήματα με έμπνευση, άρτια τεχνική και προπάντων νέα πρόταση.
Το 3ο κατά σειρά “A Journey To
Prog”, στις 29 Μαρτίου στο KYTTΑΡΟ φιλοδοξεί να γίνει θεσμός!
Φέτος θα μας ταξιδέψει με τους Mother
Turtle, τους Poem και τους Verbal Delirium.
Πρόκειται για τρία συγκροτήματα που έχουν ήδη κάνει εντύπωση πέρα από
τα Ελληνικά σύνορα με θαυμαστές που τους ακολουθούν πιστά τα τελευταία χρόνια και
με επιρροές από Genesis και Van Der Graaf Generator, Camel,
Frank Zappa έως Ozzy
Osbourne και Porcupine Tree, Pain
of Salvation, Marillion καιπολλάάλλα ...
Τα τρία συγκροτήματα θα παρουσιάσουν τη δική τους δουλειά και θα μας
χαρίσουν ένα απολαυστικό Κυριακάτικο βράδυ γεμάτο προοδευτική μουσική, δυνατές
ερμηνείες, χιούμορ και ενέργεια στο ΚΥΤΤARO
Live Club ένα χώρο με παράδοση στις άρτιες διοργανώσεις και τον άψογο ήχο!
Opeth visited Athens once more almost a week ago in order to perform a live gig.
The concert was sold out and the place was jammed. I didn't go to be honest, because I'm not a fan of Opeth. But I spoke with some people who went to the concert, and all of them agreed that it was maybe the best performance they ever gave in Greece.
Becasue I can imagine that there are many people out there who are planning to go and see them live in the near future, here's the full playlist from that concert for you:
Eternal
Rains Will Come
Cusp Of Eternity
The Drapery Falls
The Moor
Bleak (Part of it)
Advent
Elysian Woes
Windowpane
The Devil's Orchard
April Ethereal
The Lotus Eater
The Grand Conjuration
I just finished watching the 3rd season of the political drama 'House of Cards', and I would like to write a few things about it. Don't expect a review, because I am not a critic. Just some of my thoughts. WARNING: Spoilers ahead! First of all I want to say that 'House of Cards' is a pleasure to watch, if not for anything else, then for the really great performance by Kevin Spacey in the role of Frank Underwood. Not that the other actors are not good, it's quite the opposite actually! But Kevin Spacey's acting is of course by far the most superior one.
(If you wish, before you continue reading, you can take a look at the posts I wrote about the first 2 seasons of House of Cards in the following links):
Season 1: http://gfreedomathina.blogspot.gr/2014/01/tv-series-house-of-cards-2013-season-1.html
Season 2: http://gfreedomathina.blogspot.gr/2014/12/tv-series-house-of-cards-2014-season-2.html
In the post I uploaded about Seaon 2 I'm write at a point: "When I was watching the series, I thought of them (Frank & Claire) as the "evil couple"
more than a few times, which is actually very close to the truth. They
are a couple that will stop at nothing until they get what they
want". And what they wanted was Frank to become the President.
Season 2 ends with Frank Underwood becoming finally the President of
the Unites States of America, after all the efforts they put into it. At his side his wife Claire (Robin Wright), is standing firmly by
her husband as The First Lady, but in season 3 we see that she would like to become something more than
that.
Frank's presidency starts the hard way, and what we see in every episode is that everything goes wrong. In the meantime, he can't find the money in order to support his main project 'AmWorks', and he tries to take these money from other sourses. He is also facing big problems with his own political party (because obviously they don't like him), and above all there is a big crisis with the Russians going on. What a great way to start eh?
Frank on the other hand does his best in order to lose even the
few friends he has got left. With his really bad attitude and his super-ego, he's slowly slowly adandoned by his workers and friends.
But if I want to be completely honest, I should say that this 3rd season was the less interesting of all. (so far at least). Because the show became famous, they are adding more and more irelevant (or not) stories in order to expand its length. And some of these stories are boring...
I'm not regreting watching this season, and I will definetely watch the 4rth one as well, but I'm losing interest slowly slowly.
Concluding this, I should say that if I had to give a rate for the 3rd season, I would give something around 7.0 (out of 10.0)
In the following video you can watch a trailer for the 3rd season.
Thank you for reading. :-)
Hello everybody! Last night one more Prog & Roll radio show was online as usual. This one was the 99th show, and on the next one we will celebrate our 100 broadcasts.
I believe it was a good show in general, and I hope our listeners did enjoy it. This time we didn't have people from so many counttries listening (that I know of at least), but we had a listener from Mexico for second time in a row! That was really wonderful for us, that's why I want to thank Mex for joining our show and listening. On next Sunday we will not have a show, therefore our 100th one will take place on Sunday the 5th of April. We are preparing many interesting and fun things for that show, in order to celebrate it altogether. Here you can check last night's playlist:
FLEETWOOD
MAC: Go your own way / T.REX: Get it on / DAVID BOWIE: The prettiest star /
ROXY MUSIC: If there is something (live) / DRIFTING SUN: Trip the life
fantastic / ADVENTURE: Fast train / BLACK BONZO: Lady of light / MOTHER TURTLE:
Mother Turtle & the evil mushroom / SIENA ROOT: Between the lines / FUSION
ORCHESTRA 2: Rapunzel / VERBAL DELIRIUM:
Erased / KAIPA: Unique when we fall / STEVEN WILSON: Hand cannot erase / PROCOL
HARUM: Grand hotel / RENAISSANCE: Island / ANNIE HASLAM: Glitter & dust /
THE MOODY BLUES: Dawn (is a feeling).
"Epic" song: COCKNEY REBEL: Death trip.
Thank you all for listening and/or participating once more.
We will "see" you again after 2 weeks for an unforgetable (I hope) radio show.
I'm very happy and proud to announce that on this Sunday (5th of April) we will celebrate Prog & Roll's 100th broadcast! It's been more than 2.5 years Prog & Roll is 'on air', and during these years we had the pleasure to have listeners from many countries, and to "meet" people and musicians who can now call as our friends, despite the fact we never met them from close. The truth is that your love and support are giving us strength to continue and try to improve all the time.
