Category: Reviews


After reading your wonderful comments, I realised that there was a genuine interest in hearing my thoughts on Anthony Phillips – yes, I do plan to do a primer in the future though I might have to split it into two or just make it an hour long – and so here is me ruminating on his wonderful debut, “The Geese & The Ghost”.

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“Stinkhorn” by Darren Lock

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“The Return of the Snapdragon”, “Open Field” and “Herbie Smiles” by Darren Lock

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After overdosing on Rush last week, I thought I’d better look at some records I truly love and here are New Zealand band Splint Enz with their very prog-centric debut, “Mental Notes”.

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Here are some videos of their early years to illustrate just what they were like in performance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xozOG3Z3p3o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prb1_Y0vZ1o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFa0_qqjNDI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kD06cRP_Wc

Title Music:
“Stinkhorn” by Darren Lock

Background Music:
“The Mist Suite” by Darren Lock

All music has been written and recorded by Darren Lock and is used by permission because I am that Darren Lock who wrote and recorded this music. Ha ha ha ha!

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Amazon
http://amzn.to/lockmusic

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My Website
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This just happens to be one of my favourite Peter Hammill albums because it straddles the worlds of prog and punk. But it is a pair of bondage trousers or just a glob of mucus spat at you from a pasty-faced teenager? The only way to find out is to watch the video!

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Title Music:
“Stinkhorn” by Darren Lock

Background Music:
“The Return of the Snapdragon”
“Open Field”
“Herbie Smiles

In this episode, I go back to 1998 and one of the more curious offshoots from the King Crimson family, which produced an album that is guaranteed to interest KC fans.

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Title Music:
“Stinkhorn” by Darren Lock

Background Music:
“The Mist Suite”

I’ve had the LaCIE 2big Thunderbolt 4TB RAID Drive for a month now and I thought I put down my thoughts on this product, which was purchased to replace my underperforming Netgear ReadyNAS DUO drive.

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Background music:
“Steady State of Flux” by Me.

http://music.darrenlock.com/track/steady-state-of-flux

We hit the milestone of 50 episodes of Prog Review with this little album from Michael’s big sister, Sally Oldfield. It’s one of those records that’s oft-forgotten but always manages to pull me out of the dark cloud. It’s it mithrin silver or a load of old goblin balls? There’s only one way to find out – watch the video!

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Title Music:
“Stinkhorn” by Darren Lock

Background Music:
“The Mist Suite”