Polish Prog Rock at its best - Quidam "Sanktuarium"

The incredible Polish band Quidam from way back in 90's during Baja Prog Rock Festival in Mexico with dreamlike Emilia Derkowska (Trzecia Godzina Dnia) on vocal.

Two Amazing Movies From Two Of My Favorite Directors Coming Soon

Here are the official trailers of two movies I'm dying to see during the next few months.

Tim Burton's ALICE IN WONDERLAND





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Terry Gilliam's THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS

GUITAR CIRCLE OF POLAND performance

An unexpected visit from my dear old friend Jacek last week resulted in an unforgettable evening spent in his flat among some of my friends I haven't seen for ages. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Jacek for several years now is taking part in The League of Crafty Guitarists courses for young guitarists organised across Europe. He's a brilliant guitarist and I have had a privilege to listen to him practicing and playing always having goose bumps because of it. On his last visit to Tychy he and his three friends from the same guitar course decided to give a very intimate and private performance to a handful of his friends among whom was I and Caroline. We were invited to participate in this performance on Sunday, August 16th. I was thrilled to be able to talk to Magda, Lemur, Łysy and others as we haven't seen each other for quite some time by then. We sat on the sofas, floor, armchairs and so on and with only small light in the corner of the room the performance commenced with typical League number called Circulation I, four acoustic guitars playing complex, intricate and laborious compositions made a great impression on us - listeners and we enjoyed the concert a great deal. Among other compositions played that evening was boys' own piece of music called "Altana" as well as several other incantations of Circulation and another League number called "Asturias". It was magical, inspired and intriguing. Thank you Jacek and hopefully we'll be able to relive the experience someday in the future.

Zappa Plays Zappa Featuring Mike Portnoy - Beacon Theater, NYC 8/9/09

Zappa Plays Zappa joined by one of my favourite drummers of all time - Mike Portnoy several days ago during one of Progressive Nation dates in New York.

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