12 Steps Beyond Prog #191

You thought prog was all gnomes and fairies...

Guess again, there is a reason this show is called 12 Steps Beyond Prog. (Yes, yes beyond the thinly failed reference to addiction issues.)

Let the smoke clear, get your mascara on and install your lid locks.

Ready? You now have this show to clear your mind of pleasantries and replace them with the dystopian rawness of the Van Der Graaf Generator. Tonights featured album is one of those I can count on to sweetly lull me into depression. 

The album is called Pawn Hearts. Recorded by Genesis engineer David Hentschel and released on Charisma, this is a piece of recording history. The cover was created by Paul Whitehead also created many of the early Genesis covers. (All thru 74?) 

The band broke up after this album and subsequent tour but that was not the end.

This truly was a masterpiece in 1971 and it as poignant now as it was then. You will hear it in its entirety. Just as you were required to when your super cool science teacher played it in class while you sterilized petri dishes for your ergot molds.

Sound good? Tonight at midnight on:

KXRY Portland 91.1 and 107.1

KXRW-LP Vancouver 99.9

And XRAY.FM wherever people are gathering and questioning authority.