Once upon a time, there were four musicians from Sweden who decided to form a prog rock band. They called themselves Ritual. Over the next 15 years, they recorded and released four studio albums and one live. Their fifth studio album, The Story of Mr. Bogd, part 1, was released earlier this month, after a…Read more The Story of Mr. Bogd, part 1
Month: August 2024
Lives Outgrown
I retired in the autumn of 2014. The calendar says that's less than 10 years ago, but it feels like a completely different life. Instead of writing software for a business making subsea welding robots, I now manage a website and provide I.T. support for a charity that offers educational opportunities to those in their…Read more Lives Outgrown
The Edge of the Land
There were several candidates for this week's post. Candacraig's prog/art rock album, Lit by Lightning, nearly made the grade but, in the end, felt a little too formulaic. Storm Corrosion, a collaboration between Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) and Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth), was billed as "more spacious, ambient waters from either of their main gigs", and…Read more The Edge of the Land
A Sky Full of Ghosts
"A lot of those stars actually died millions of years ago. It's just they're so far away, the light they created before they died hasn't finished reaching us yet ... You're looking at a sky full of ghosts." Amie Kaufman Ghost stars. We see them, but they are not really there. They were there once,…Read more A Sky Full of Ghosts
Crotchety Man 