LotP Setlist - 05/09/11

And the Lair of the Proglodyte is now over! Yes, unfortunately with the end of the school year comes the end of my scheduled programming. But, I tried my best to make it a glorious end. In a bold move, the Proglodyte switched to digital appliances and that turned out to be his downfall. I may bring the show back some time eventually, but who knows what the real future will bring. Now feast your eyes on the as of yet final setlist for Lair of the Proglodyte:

1. Kraftwerk - Computer World (Side 1)
2. Egg - Egg (Side 2)
3. Spock's Beard - V (Side 1)
4. The Tangent - Not as Good as the Book (Side 4)
5. Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per Un Amico (Side 2) (Harmando pick of the week!)

Talk-Over Music:

Side 1: King Crimson - Red

Side 2: Kraftwerk - Autobahn (Live)

Grand Finale:

Emerson Lake & Palmer - Karn Evil 9, 3rd Impression

LotP Setlist - 05/02/11

This week in prog: is it prog? Why yes, at least three albums on this setlist should be immediately recognizable as progressive rock, but what of the Grateful Dead and Rainbow? Why yes, they are indeed progressive in some ways! Anthem of the Sun is a fantastically eclectic album with just as many twists and turns as any progressive effort. Rainbow fall more into the heavy metal genre, but the Uriah Heep influence in their music is palpable and they made prog influence in metal rather popular. Without further ado, here's the full list:

1. The Alan Parson's Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination: Edgar Alan Poe (Side 1)
2. Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (Side 1)
3. The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun (Side 1)
4. Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk (Side 2)
5. Rainbow - On Stage (Side 2) (Harmando pick of the week!)

LotP Setlist - 04/25/11

Prog prog prog! Yes, more and more prog from deep within the lair! Not much to say on this one, though I'm surprised, myself, that I have not played Zappa before on this show. He remains my favorite musician of all time as well as my personal hero. The entirety of my being pales in comparison to his insanity. Without further ado, the full setlist:

1. Pink Floyd - Animals (Side 1)
2. Frank Zappa - Absolutely Free (Side 1)
3. Magma - Köhntarkösz (Side 1)
4. Triumvirat - Spartacus (Side 2)
5. The Who - Quadrophenia (Side 1) (Harmando pick of the week!)

LotP Setlist - 04/18/11

Another expedition into the land of prog! This time? Actually, pretty regular in terms of going back and forth between England and Germany. I don't really need to comment before each setlist now, do I?

1. Camel - Rain Dances (Side 2)
2. Amon Düül II - Hijack (Side 1)
3. Captain Beyond - Sufficiently Breathless (Side 1)
4. National Health - Of Queues and Cures (Side 1)
5. Mike Oldfield - The Orchestral Tubular Bells (Side 2) (Harmando pick of the week!)

LotP Setlist - 04/04/11

Started off this show with a double dose of Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Keith Emerson in The Nice, Greg Lake in King Crimson and Carl Palmer in Atomic Rooster and then Emerson, Lake and Palmer together as a trinity with Trilogy. The rest of the show? Just requests. I cannot deny air time to such great music:

1. The Nice - Ars Longa Vita Brevis (Side 1)
2. King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon (Side 1)
3. Atomic Rooster - Atomic Rooster (Side 1)
4. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Trilogy (Side 2)
5. Goblin - Profundo Rosso (Side 2) (Harmando pick of the week!)
6. Bill Bruford - One of a Kind (Side 1)
7. King Crimson - The Compact King Crimson (Side 3)

LotP Setlist - 03/28/11

Another successful installation of Lair of the Proglodyte. Came up short on music towards the end, so I threw in a couple Caravan songs.

1. Nektar - A Tab in the Ocean (Side 2)
2. Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards (Side 1)
3. Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (Side 1)
4. Univers Zero - Ceux Du Dehors (Side 1)
5. Gentle Giant - Octopus (Side 2)
6. Caravan - The Land of Gray and Pink (Golf Girl and Winter Wine)

Talk-Over Music: Caravan - Nine Feet Underground

Spring Schedule

Let's see which shows I'm currently a part of this semester:

Mondays, 2-4PM

Lair of the Proglodyte:

Format: Progressive Rock

This show is a platform for one of my great musical loves; progressive rock. I suppose that was obvious, since I decided to list the format beforehand, but let's just say the reiteration was for effect. Here, I play full sides of pure vinyl straight from the WRPI archives, leaving prog long and uncut, just as the creators intended it. Expect to hear anything from the classics like Yes and Genesis to the avant-garde stylings of Univers Zero and Magma.

Mondays, 10PM-12AM

(((O))):

Format: Drone/Experimental

(((O))) isn't just a show, it is a saga chronicling the hopefully fictional adventures of Dr. Moon or Gun, myself and our various occult acquaintances. It is an adventure that spans the heaviest, darkest and oddest of sounds in the universe, from Sunn O))) to the Boredoms and back again. I can only safely recommend this show to those with the most open of minds.

Wednesdays, 6-8PM

Nasal Retentive Calliope Music:

Format: Insanity

This show is the main outlet for my various chaotic tendencies. Anything goes on this show. Folk? Yes. Death metal? Most definitely. Hip-hop? Oh yeah! Anything can and will happen. NRCM alternates between simple grab bags of eclectic music and more specific themes. The only rule is that Frank Zappa always starts the show off. Well, that and the basic tenets of quality programming.

You can listen to any of these shows only on WRPI Troy, 91.5FM, The Upstate Underground!