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Big Ears 
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Posted: February 04 2009 at 06:36 |
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Q Magazine is to be avoided at all costs as they sl*g-off progressive rock.
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Big Ears
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Posted: February 04 2009 at 06:34 |
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Classic Rock is the best of a bad bunch by some distance. Unfortunately, they tend to emphasise eighties American rock, such as Guns 'n' Roses, presumably because this is what sells. I'll give them credit where it's due though as they have featured ELP, Yes, Budgie, and Foghat. Their cover discs can be very good and have included quality material from Nektar and Ozric Tentacles.
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debrewguy
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Posted: February 02 2009 at 20:46 |
 Sean Trane wrote:
Well personally I think Classy Crock has really gone  down the hill the last two years, with some really poor journalim and their bloody top 40 or 100 lists abourt everything.
I used to buy almost everymonth, for there were at least one or two articles I liked and two more that seemed correct, but lately, I've bought the rag every four months or so. Always the same bad groups featured, it's a bit sickening 
While it's true that they do look up to prog  , I haven't been able to forgive their short-sightedness outside UK and US rock  . There has been fewer articles about lesser known groups, too!!!
And since that time of poor journalism started with those lists, the porno adds and pink telephone adds have appeared in the adds section past the merchandising and CD retailers, >>> real classy So the wife won't suspect that this sort of stuff would be in a music mag ? Bonus ! For the casual reader that is only exposed to North American music media (Rolling Stone, Spin, Blender et al), it does a good job. But then I get to read it at Chapters bookstore once every two months. (it costs $15)
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"Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case.
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Sean Trane
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Posted: February 02 2009 at 17:25 |
Well personally I think Classy Crock has really gone down the hill the last two years, with some really poor journalim and their bloody top 40 or 100 lists abourt everything.
I used to buy almost everymonth, for there were at least one or two articles I liked and two more that seemed correct, but lately, I've bought the rag every four months or so. Always the same bad groups featured, it's a bit sickening
While it's true that they do look up to prog , I haven't been able to forgive their short-sightedness outside UK and US rock . There has been fewer articles about lesser known groups, too!!!
And since that time of poor journalism started with those lists, the porno adds and pink telephone adds have appeared in the adds section past the merchandising and CD retailers, >>> real classy
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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Epignosis
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Posted: February 02 2009 at 16:03 |
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crimhead would be a terrible spokesman!
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StyLaZyn
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Posted: February 02 2009 at 15:23 |
Ricochet wrote:
We'll need a spokesman soon!
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And here she is!
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debrewguy
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Posted: February 02 2009 at 11:25 |
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That and they placed Marillion's Happiness is the Road at #19 in the top 50 albums of the year !
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"Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case.
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toroddfuglesteg
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Posted: February 02 2009 at 07:20 |
chopper wrote:
It's true, they do feature a fair amount of prog, without talking down about it like most of the music press. And they did vote Tinyfish in their top albums of the year!
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Snakes & Ladders was voted the second best album of 2007........ just pipped by this Chinese Democracy thingy who was not even out then. The guys in Classic Rock is OK and should be treated as friends by PA. Classic Rock has run at least two progressive rock special issues. Both of them are superb. They also feature new prog rock bands on their CDs. I had a look in my magazine rack and I also found one Prog Rock special issue by the extreme metal magazine Terrorizer Mag. They too treat prog rock with a healthy dose of respect and admiration.
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chopper
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Posted: February 01 2009 at 14:32 |
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It's true, they do feature a fair amount of prog, without talking down about it like most of the music press. And they did vote Tinyfish in their top albums of the year!
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lazland
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Posted: February 01 2009 at 13:05 |
Topic: ProgArchives recommended by Classic Rock
Posted: 31 January 2009 at 13:51 By toroddfuglesteg
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have actually talked to the guys in Classic Rock and it seems like they
are closet-EGG fans. At least one of them are quite open about it. Yes,
I am referring to the Canterbury band with the same name. I think Classic Rock magazine is excellent and I get my fill of music with a combo of them and PA. That's all I need, really I absolutely agree - it is about the only magazine out there that does not treat Prog with disdain and you get to see and hear about a lot of new releases. Long may it continue!
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toroddfuglesteg
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Posted: January 31 2009 at 13:51 |
I have actually talked to the guys in Classic Rock and it seems like they are closet-EGG fans. At least one of them are quite open about it. Yes, I am referring to the Canterbury band with the same name. I think Classic Rock magazine is excellent and I get my fill of music with a combo of them and PA. That's all I need, really.
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Raff
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Posted: January 30 2009 at 14:33 |
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The Pessimist
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Posted: January 30 2009 at 12:42 |
I call dibs on spokesman 
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"Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value."
Arnold Schoenberg
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debrewguy
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Posted: January 30 2009 at 12:36 |
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along with Zeppers, AC/DC, Thin Lizzy, the occasional old punker like Johnny Rotten. I wish that their seeming definition of "Classic Rock" was followed by the radio stations that proclaim this as their genre.
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"Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case.
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Epignosis
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Posted: January 30 2009 at 11:46 |
I'm completely unimpressed. 
They only recommended us because we added Metallica.
Aren't Hetfield and Hammett on the cover once about every four months? 
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Raff
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Posted: January 30 2009 at 11:28 |
Yay for us  ! I think I will renew my subscription to Classic Rock now  ...
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Ricochet
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Posted: January 30 2009 at 11:21 |
chopper wrote:
that's no good, I want at least 50% more than I earn at the moment. |
I think the procent can be negociated. 
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chopper
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Posted: January 30 2009 at 10:50 |
that's no good, I want at least 50% more than I earn at the moment.
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Ricochet
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Posted: January 30 2009 at 09:55 |
chopper wrote:
Ricochet wrote:
We'll need a spokesman soon! |
I volunteer - what's the salary? |
20% more than how much we earn.
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chopper
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Posted: January 30 2009 at 09:42 |
Ricochet wrote:
We'll need a spokesman soon! |
I volunteer - what's the salary?
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