We snuck in the following pre-cursors to Ted's show

Jim's suggestion :
Whatever Gets You Through The Night - John Lennon

Tarkus - ELP

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Ted's show:

What Aural Moon Means To Me – by Ted Neil, Texas Ted!

Spoken (Read): I have only been a member for 2 years… but in that time, I have learned a lot about what community is from being a part of Aural Moon. My first song, has the line “very few folks in focus” – and that is the antithesis of what Aural Moon is. Everyone is in Focus.

Song #1 Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, Works 1, “Hallowed Be Thy Name”, 4:37

I have learned SO MUCH from Aural Moon as well. I didn’t realize that PROG contains so many fields and ideas. For example my next two songs show that Science Fiction and Prog can combine to create GREAT music. The first is by Jon Anderson, and it is from his first solo album, Olias of Sunhillow. The whole album tells a wonderful sci-fi story.

Song #2 Jon Anderson, Olias of Sunhillow, “Flight of the Moorglade”, 3:24

Continuing the sci-fi theme, come Rush’s classic from the pen of Neil Peart, from the Moving Pictures album. Can you see yourself racing along?

Song #3 Rush, Moving Pictures, “Red Barchetta”, 6:08

And in PROG, you can combine Mathematics – well, not literally, yet, then again, maybe so. We all know about Algebra, right! Let X=X… to begin. The breadth of the Aural Moon library is AMAZING. Let’s listen to a song from Laurie Anderson’s Big Science album:

Song #4 Laurie Anderson, Big Science, “Let X=X”, 3:54

And not to top Laurie, but if you can sing about mathematics, then let the Mathematicians play for you… here is a cover of Frankenstein by Edgar Winter – with their own fusion twist… all brought to you by the 10th Anniversary of Aural Moon! Long live PROG! Long Live Aural Moon!

Song #5 Mathematicians, Factor of Four, “Bride of Frankenstein”, 3:52

While we are in the “having fun” mood, let’s play a couple of songs that are just fun.. no seriousness at all to them. One is by Emerson, Lake, & Palmer (who’d figured I’d chose an ELP!!) This song, has a title that was originally used for an album, but wasn’t released until the Works 2 album. I didn’t realize the meaning of the title, or what it means, until enlightened by VAX on Aural Moon. Isn’t this a WONDERFUL place!!

Song #6 ELP, Works 2, “Brain Salad Surgery”, 3:10

And let’s follow it up with a “fun” song from the latest Keith Emerson Band album. This is a song, at least to me, in the vein of “Jeremy Bender” and “Benny the Bouncer”.

Song #7 Keith Emerson Band, KEB, “Gametime”, 2:39

To move on to a more serious note, PROG has even been an outlet for my faith, as I have listened and appreciated Moses and his show “Fusion Reactor”. Two songs from the Aural Moon collection that show a combination of Faith and Prog are coming next:

Song #8 Neal Morse, ?, “Solid As the Sun”, 6:10

Since Neal Morse left Spock’s Beard, he has not lost his prog roots, as can be seen on that song. Also a song of faith, is from the group Visual Cliff:

Song #9 Visual Cliff, Key to Eternity, “Romans 10”, 6:06

And winding things down, slowing them down just a bit, wrapping them up actually, two final songs. One reflects what Aural Moon means to me… It makes me so happy, that at times, I want to dance… and really, I am not a dancer – two left feet and all…

Song #10, Andreas Vollenweider, Down to the Moon, “Moon Dance”, 4:12

And the final song, what PROG means to me – long songs that tell a story, wonderful music, and EXCELLENT vocals. Here is a song that Jon Anderson sings so well. Happy Birthday Aural Moon and to all the Moonies who make this such a special place.

Song #11, Jon & Vangelis, The Friends of Mr. Cairo, “The Friends of Mr. Cairo”, 12:11

PROG ON AURAL MOON!!

We then Played out with:

Canyons of your Mind - Bozo Dog Do Da Band
Constant Bloom - Moon Safari
Forge of Vulcan - Hawkwind
Anne Boleyn - Rick Wakeman
God Eat God - Tinyfish
Bitter Suite (from Misplaced Childhood) - Marillion
Spirit of the Water - Camel

*** TWEEET ***
*** HOOT ***
A Duck Exploding - Brand-X (for our good friend BMithra)

(for the Aural Moon Community)

It's Down to You - Colosseum II's excellent cover of the Joni Michel song (from Strange New Flesh)

and we wrapped up with Brian's excellent suggestion:

(for the Aural Moon Community)
The End - Beatles - Abbey Road


We had such a lot of fun ...

==== after this Jim took over DJ-ing with SAM - - he'll have to post his plays if he remembers...