Prog in unexpected public places.

I was at a graduation ceremony last week and one of the teens who happened to be the guitarist in the school band was actually wearing a Porcupine Tree t-shirt in front of all. Talked to him afterwards he just discovered them with their most recent.
And hearing "Money" by Floyd in the distance from my deck yesterday was cool. I live in a tourist town.

Mellotron Storm wrote: I was at a graduation ceremony last week and one of the teens who happened to be the guitarist in the school band was actually wearing a Porcupine Tree t-shirt in front of all. Talked to him afterwards he just discovered them with their most recent. And hearing "Money" by Floyd in the distance from my deck yesterday was cool. I live in a tourist town.

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - June 19 2023 at 05:09

I was never able to catch what it was, but I recall being in a tiny corner grocery store in Istanbul that was blasting some really heavy and technically complex Turkish prog, or even math rock rather than prog. It was cute to listen to it while shopping with the old ladies. I wish I would have shazam'ed it or something.

In my local hardware store on Hylan Blvd in Staten Island, the cashier wore Yes' t-shirt from 2014 US tour. Older woman, probably my age and I am over 60.I've never seen her there before, so I assume she was just covering for regular cashier who is much young and never worn a prog rock t-shirt. I had a very short but nice conversation with the lady about Yes, their music, and favorite concerts we've seen.

Btw - she gave me 10% discount, most likely she is related to the owner or co-owns the place herself.

Edited by enigmatic - July 27 2023 at 16:37

I just happened to catch a little bit of the Goldbergs (a re-run) and there was a guy (a student) standing there wearing a Rush t shirt. 

I was watching PBS last night and a portion of Write Around the World With Richard E. Grant Episode 103 was with Chris Stewart (ex-Genesis drummer), discussing his unusual home and property near Orgiva in Spain.

There's a podcast that I subscribe to on my Apple podcast player called Comfort Blanket which is dedicated to "the films, TV, books and music that make you feel safe and warm" and in todays' episode it is focused on Rush's self-titled (they do talk more Rush than that).

"Actor Rufus Wright (Rogue One, Quantum of Solace, The Audience) talks about the comfort he gets from the often overlooked 1974 debut album by Canadian heavy prog rock trio Rush, and we share our thoughts on the appeal of heavy metal for teenage boys, the gawky magic of school bands, and the sweet horror of adolescent lyrics."

A very enjoyable episode, I think.

https://shows.acast.com/comfort-blanket/episodes/rush-with-rufus-wright

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/comfort-blanket/id1614879928

I am a fan of this let's-play channel called Game Grumps, and one of their members, Dan, is a prog fan. I have heard him reference Tarkus, Gentle Giant (multiple times, he even sang Aspirations live with KERRY MINNEAR), The Architect by Haken, and his favorite band is Rush. He talks about the latter a lot. I'm too lazy to find some of these clips, but here's one I JUST saw and HAD to post because it's more obscure than the aforementioned.

^My girlfriend watched that and mentioned that same bit. She thought it was a decent film.

^Classic