Hilarious album cover of the week

I'm not sure there's anything more fascinating than this photo

ASIA! .early 1980s. The ultimate super-group: Steve Howe, Carl Palmer, Geoff Downes, & John Wetton.

Lisa's Book Recommendations

Mountains Come Out of the Sky:
The illustrated history of prog rock

Oh mannnnn, this is such an AWESOME book! Bill Bruford, of Yes (and the godfather of prog-rock drumming), provides a wonderful forward to the book, describing prog-rock as a subject for doctoral theses and learned discussion as well as a product of counterculture and major technological innovation. The author, Will Romanao, illustrates detailed histories of notable prog-rock bands, such as: Pink Floyd, King Crimson, ELP, Yes, Genesis, Rush, Gentle Giant, and others, while also highlighting sub-categories like Prog-Folk, German-Prog, and Italian-Prog. Other features include:

The Mini Moog...

Keith Emerson jumping on his keyboard...

and even a section on Kansas and Styx!

Strawbs

I picked up some really sweet Strawbs albums at the record store today. Great albums--I highly recommend checking out "Burning for you." True, it doesn't feature their classic lineup w/ Rick Wakeman, but it has a great sound and nice vocals. Very early Genesis/ELP-ish. Good stuff, peeps!