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Posted: August 27 2016 at 11:57

Thanks guys!

Yeah Dave, that Mirrors review probably had a few people rolling their eyes. I have a tendency to really like some of the more reviled members of certain discogs, and BOC is one of them. Love Agents and Mirrors though they are different beasts.

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Posted: August 27 2016 at 10:19

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Nice reviews by Prog Sothoth (Agents of Forture) and A Lot of Bottle (Museo Rosenbach)
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Edited by ALotOfBottle - August 27 2016 at 10:20

Categories strain, crack and sometimes break, under their burden - step out of the space provided.

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Posted: August 27 2016 at 10:12

Thanks!

Honestly, your excellent Mirrors review (and unique perspective it seems) was the final catalyst in getting me to review AoF. It also has me interested in checking out Mirrors again, an album I've never actually listened to much outside of a couple of times in the past, which is what good reviews do. Thumbs Up

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Posted: August 27 2016 at 07:47

Nice reviews by Prog Sothoth (Agents of Forture) and A Lot of Bottle (Museo Rosenbach)
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Posted: August 16 2016 at 19:46

John I liked your Ghost review! That live Nippon DVD still haunts me (in a good way).

I noticed they had not done anything for a while so I checked it out. They disbanded in 2014, so I updated their artist page. The lead guy has a new band called The Silence.

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Posted: July 10 2016 at 17:22

Thanks Michael, I was hoping you would do it first because you suggested them. Anyway I look forward to your review down the road. Thumbs Up

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Posted: July 07 2016 at 16:40

Great to see Mellotron Storm/John's great review of the Abraxis album on the front page right now. That album has been one of my personal favourite belated discoveries of the last few years with the recent CD reissue, so it's great to see more love for it!

http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=1585820

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Posted: June 02 2016 at 17:58

I will put aside David's (Atavachron) current run of exquisite reviews for the moment and mention a good example of a nicely put critical review by Jeff here - nice one! I could even probably (just) forgive him for rating Tyranny with 2*

http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=1573946

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Posted: June 02 2016 at 12:07

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progbethyname wrote:

Michael's (Aussie-Byrd) review on DT's The Astonishing.
Shocked the crap out of me. Rating n' all.

It's scary how open minded Michael is. Love your diplomacy brother!!!

I'll be honest, mate, and I've kind of already mentioned this elsewhere on the Archives a few weeks back...I was trying to write a rave review for an album I generally don't like much at all!

There are endless things that I like the album for - the arrogance, the pomposity, the ambition, the skill of the playing...in other words things that are so absurdly `proggy' about it, and I appreciate how it drives home the `album format' in an era when said format is more or less dying and hardly given much importance from general music listeners anymore - while at the same time not really enjoying the album personally much at all - if that makes sense?!

If you read it very carefully, you might even notice that I conveniently don't ever give my personal opinion on it once!

Michael, your level of contribution to the site has really reached a level deserving of much admiration. Genre team work is one thing to be admired, but your reviews are consistently high quality, wide ranging, engaging, respectful. Kudos my friend.

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Posted: June 02 2016 at 11:54

Angelo's review of the Rain by Kristoffer Gildenlow, nicely done.

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Posted: May 26 2016 at 05:46

progbethyname wrote:

Michael's (Aussie-Byrd) review on DT's The Astonishing.
Shocked the crap out of me. Rating n' all.

It's scary how open minded Michael is. Love your diplomacy brother!!!

I'll be honest, mate, and I've kind of already mentioned this elsewhere on the Archives a few weeks back...I was trying to write a rave review for an album I generally don't like much at all!

If you read it very carefully, you might even notice that I conveniently don't ever give my personal opinion on it once!

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Posted: May 24 2016 at 21:59

Michael's (Aussie-Byrd) review on DT's The Astonishing.
Shocked the crap out of me. Rating n' all.

It's scary how open minded Michael is. Love your diplomacy brother!!!

Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣

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Posted: May 24 2016 at 21:55

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Thanks you guys, bit of an experiment y'know. I'm glad someone got it, one never knows how such a thing will go over.

You always kill it.

Well done, man.

Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣

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Posted: May 24 2016 at 18:36

Thanks you guys, bit of an experiment y'know. I'm glad someone got it, one never knows how such a thing will go over.

"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy

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Posted: May 24 2016 at 16:33

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A genuine recording of digesting an album while in a state halfway between sleep and wakefulness (aka trance) with the intrinsic advantage of exceeding the minimum of 100 words Thumbs Up

I really enjoyed that review as well.

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Posted: May 24 2016 at 04:49

A genuine recording of digesting an album while in a state halfway between sleep and wakefulness (aka trance) with the intrinsic advantage of exceeding the minimum of 100 words Thumbs Up

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Posted: May 18 2016 at 20:20

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

Great review from David (Atavachron) of the Duncan Mckay album `Chimeara' on the front page right now! http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=1566197

Thanks Mike, always great when one's work is appreciated -

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Posted: May 17 2016 at 16:16

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

Great review from David (Atavachron) of the Duncan Mckay album `Chimeara' on the front page right now! http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=1566197

Great album, I have Score on vinyl and both in CD form are impossible to find ... Confused

I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth.

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Posted: May 17 2016 at 05:43

Great review from David (Atavachron) of the Duncan Mckay album `Chimeara' on the front page right now! http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=1566197

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Posted: April 24 2016 at 09:28

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Stalvern wrote:

Oh man, everything that this guy wrote is incredible. It's the friggin' Time Cube of music reviews.
(Seriously, everything. Each review has its own special nugget of... whatever is up with him.)

These reviews are embarrassing and bizarre, even troubling.

Next time someone tells me they like Metallica, I'll just tell them it's an island-based perversion.

On the other hand, he may be onto something - I like Metallica (first three albums) and I'm an island based pervert