Soundscape 2.47 Entering the New Year

Welcome to 2017. We hope that it will be a year of growth for Soundscape. Unfortunately with all of the changes to our podcast and a rather intermiitent schedule we left some people behind. That is really unfortunate but hoefully in the new year we will find them again. For those of you still with us, thank for listening. It means a lot to us that you have continued with us. We hope to continue providing this podcast in 2017 with renewed vigor.

There is a rather loose theme in this episode. I made the setlist with the following thoughts in mind; new year, anxiety and fear, and hope. 2016 offered a lot to be thankful for, but there was also more gnashing of teeth and nationwide division than I have ever witnessed. Given my concerns, I am strangely optimistic about the year that approaches. I am optimistic because I think the bumbles of our new leaders are going to force us as a nation to recognize our own power as people. I don't think the change will come from the top, I think it will come from the revolution that happens as we open our eyes and see what is going on. We will be compelled to find our own voices and to speak out about inequities and challenges. We will not take the bickering nature of our government officials as an example of how to live, rather we will come together and develop more patience with one another and look for ways to build bridges where there were previously none. It is my prediction that, if we are a nation to be proud of, if we are a people that really do come together in the face of adversity, we will do so more obviously in the face of the radical shifts that our elected leaders want to impose upon us. I don't think that is what this new government should do, but I do believe that this will be what it is like for the next 4 years. I believe that the majority of Americans are good hearted people. A few may need to be called on their shit, but by and large, we will be given the opportunity to show our true colors. It is my hope that hands cannot erase this love, but I will protest and call attention to the acts of indecent behavior I see, I hope you guys will as well.

So there you have it; Soundscape welcomes the new year with hope, a short political post, and some wonderful music to stir your heart and feet. You can reach us by sending email to soundscape@progrock.com On Twitter we are @SoundscapeDJ and on Facebook you can find us on the Soundscape page where we post more regularly than anywhere else. Please send us feedback, perfect album sides, and requests.

Soundscape 2.47 Entering the New Year

• Billy Sherwood- Forward
• C.S. Brown- Soundscape Theme
• Pink Floyd- Not Now John
• Frost*- Here is the News
• Kansas- The Voyage of Eight Eighteen
• Hasse Froberg & Musical Companion- Pages
• Airbag- Disconnected
• Chris Adams- Echoes of Flyd
• Land's End- Love Through the Winter and Blood in the Spring
• David Gilmour- Faces of Stone

The Perfect Album Side of Frank Jasutis

• Bruce Cockburn- All's Quiet on the Inner City Front
• Supertramp- Rudy
• Rush- Tears
• King Crimson- I Talk to the Wind
• ELO- Telephone Line
• Alan Parson's Project- Don't Let It Show
• Genesis- Harlequin

Continuing:

• Erik Norlander- The Party's Overture
• Marillion- The New Kings I-IV
• Riverside- Towards the Blue Horizon
• Fates Warning- The Light and Shade of Things
• Throes of Dawn- The Understanding
• Headspace- Kill You WIth Kindness
• Steven Wilson- Twilight Zone
• Kate Bush- Sunset
• Big Big Train- Summoned by Bells
• David Bowie- The Width of a Circle
• Rik Emmett & Resolution 9- Human Race (Feat. Alex Lifeson)
• Phish- Petrichor

Thanks for listening- we love you guys.