Progressive Obsessive

Ready for a vigorous, one-hour mix of progressive rock you can actually walk and jog along to? Progressive Obsessive is this week’s wog. It features rhythmically consistent music from Pink Floyd, Rush, Genesis, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Kansas, and Alan Parsons Project, as well as the lesser-known Saga, Uriah Heep, Hawkwind, and FM. You’ll find no endless noodling or instrumental pyrotechnics here, but they all feature clever guitar and keyboards. Not obsessed yet? Check out the playlist at Pogwogging.com!

In the Mood

Autumn creeps closer, the nights grow longer...something’s in the air. Music that resonates with that something fills this week’s wog, a long (78 minute) Wog-a-Thon. Masters of moody music like Loreena McKennit, Enya, Simon and Garfunkel, Alan Parsons Project and Peter Gabriel join relative newcomers David Gray and Dark Captain Light Captain, plus others. These are essential songs for my listening pleasure, in addition to making for a hauntingly moody walk. Get in the Mooditorium at Podwogging.com.

Eye in the Stride

The Alan Parsons Project is deceptively smooth. Occupying musical territory somewhere between Progressive Rock and Adult Contemporary, their songs are refined, easy to digest, and go down like smooth claret. What keeps them from the Muzak dustbin is an edginess that creeps into their expertly-crafted melodies, usually in the lyrics that hint at darker mind states than the music itself supplies. It’s this interplay between accessible melody and interesting words that makes them fun, for there’s not much funk in their rhythms, which are all straight forward but easy to wog to. So head over to Podwogging.com, and Project yourself into this week’s wog.