Show 92 - "Two discs, two years too late"

[mailotron]

Rick,
I'm afraid to say that into the electric castle is not from 2004 but from 1998.. but perhaps in 2004 in the USA ?!
Otherwise good programm as usual

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by mailotron

Rick,
I'm afraid to say that into the electric castle is not from 2004 but from 1998.. but perhaps in 2004 in the USA ?!
Otherwise good programm as usual

Wow someone is up late!

I went to the website and it's a great one I must admit, very well-done and full of info, too much to absorb right now.

What I have is the 2004 "special edition" reissue...ooohhhh. It is indeed from 1998 - and I am highly wrong...thanks Mail for the correction!

I was six years off...a bit more than the six hours difference in our time zones, eh?

And illustrates that I am way behind on my Ayreon....

[mailotron]

thx for your answer , yes I'm a little bit insomniac these last weeks

I'm not a Ayreon die hard fan , into the electric castle and the first "dream sequencer' have my preference , other stuff is to metal prog to my taste

but i'm happy he sold a lot of cd's in Germany and Holland and got also large venues ... a good way for metal-fans to get into more real prog .

[Hawksun]

I like Ayreon a lot for two reasons: First, the music/story/mood is great each track having mostly positive vibes(except on The Human Equation or, failing that, sounding really good and well produced. Second, the whole Ayreon saga is inspiring to me, since I read Arjen can't read or write sheet music and yet managed to make album after album of Prog-rock/metal operas that are really well done showing me that effort and dedication sometimes are all what are required to make interesting music.

Glad your show is featuring the "gateway album" for Ayreon rick.

[Rick and Roll]

what's that avatar Hawk? (we had an avatar thread, may be time to bring it back, although I'm thinking it wasn't that long ago)

[Hawksun]

That's the cover to Cryptopsy's second album, which is a painting called Herodias With the Head of John the Baptist by Elisabetta Sirani, an artist from the 17th century (Thanks Wikipedia!).