Why can't I stand most modern prog?

Manuel wrote: One thing I find lacking in modern prog (not all of course, but a lot) is the influence of classical music, so that makes it different in a sense from the classic era (again, not all classic era prog had classical influences).

A great discovery I made on this site are iamthemorning from St. Petersburg, who come (like NSRO and Karda Estra as recommended earlier) with strong classical influences, and I can well imagine they appeal to a mainly 70s oriented prog fan.

It is a hard place modern prog resides in.. you have retro prog. which some absolutely love.. yet some (yes like me) would rather suffer castration and a f**king hole in the head than be subjected to listening to.. it might be prog.. but is as progressive as my left nut...  yawn.. heard it all before.. and MUCH better done..

on the flip side baby ...there is the vibrant progressive scene..  prog? perhaps.. perhaps not.. but what it is if not in sound and style is actually more true to classic 70's prog is you have a bunch of bands and artists that are out carving out their own sounds and styles.. and as has been noted many times over the last few years.. don't associate.. or care to be associated with the prog scene.  Or even aware that they might have been adopted by the prog commiunity as their own.  Their target audience ain't us.. it is the kiddies or older free thinkers...that simply don't give a f**k whether something .. or some site.. considers it prog or not.. they are just digging good music.

something..  a state of mind I can completely dig.. 

I understand getting burned out. I got burned out on going to prog festivals. I didn't do a whole lot of reviews and stuff but I can understand it especially when normally it's not something you get paid for.

well nearly went into old school Micky mode and was ready to throw down and deck the guy..  thankfully Raff stopped me and told me it was Patrick Forgas and was merely ..warmly thanking with a big hug and one of those Euro kisses.. for her for her killer reviews of his albums.  

don't talk to fans man.. they aint' for the most part fans of the music.. just what they like...  all they care about is what they like.. 

Meet and talk to the musos themselves. While some of you have become great personal friends.. I could count artists here as well as people we have met in real life and real time and become friends with. I believe Raff and Cawood seem to have formed some sort of connection.. and he is a bit of cutie so I can dig that.. some guys are just born lucky...talent and looks.. where I just got ..  what did I get darling?

so I promised I wouldn't deck him if he decided to kiss her. Great guy.. better music

Well, I have no life either but that's beside the point. I used to kind of go out of my way looking for stuff but not anymore. If it's not on here, gnosis2000, aural moon, dprp(if I happen to stumble on it)or delicious agony chances are I won't know about it.  There might be one or two other places but really this site has most of what I need as far as researching prog goes.