I'll PM ya...

Guys, are we ever gonna get back to this, or is it as dead as a really dead thing?

I'd love to get back to this. We just need to get a roll call I suppose. xD

Who was interested in reviewing Squackett? :D

Well I would be of course, but it's gonna take more than two of us. Did you give that Also Eden a listen, by the way?

i'm just a bit busy with "Skyrim"

you can PM me with links to both albums, if you wish, TH

I did check out Also Eden actually. Interesting bunch. I might review an earlier album of theirs though as opposed to that EP you posted about. ;)

From my experience with trying to run the prog & fusion album club, the club is doomed to die an early death if you rely too much on the support and effort from other members. I think the way to keep it running is literally just to do that, keep making the threads and doing the discussions, even if you're the only one doing it. If noone else suggests albums, go with your own suggestions. Then people will sometimes join in and sometimes they won't.

It sometimes does become a bit of a chore, but prog rock (and certainly fusion) won't really interest enough people here to keep a whole crowd of albumclubbers engaged and enthusiastic over time. Most will just join in sporadically and then you need to either pull through the dry seasons yourself or not do it.

I guess if you could find someone else ready to dedicate themselves to do this so that you could sort of agree to do equal amount of work - regardless of whether or not others participate - and manage to stick to it, then that could work quite well. I think album clubs are great so it's a shame they can be so hard to do.

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When I started the PFAC club, I had thought quite a bit on how to keep such a club alive because I'd seen many dead album clubs. Of course that's dead now, but it had a good run so - coming up with some sort of survival strategy is a must, I think. At least when it comes to clubs about niche music!

Thanks tore, but I've generally given up on the club. It never really got started. I could do what you suggest, but sure that's more or less the same as what I'm doing in my journals, so where's the point really? I might as well just devote a slot in the journal to prog rock --- possible I might do that. But posting out here on my own, getting no replies, no input, no banter and no differing opinions: nah, just not worth it.

Thanks anyway, but this never really got off the ground and I've just left it in the aircraft breakers' yard, where it can slowly rust away under the desert sun. Sad, but if no-one else is interested, why should I make the effort?

I understand you very well and completely agree with you, Trollheart. Today when it comes to stuff on the forum, I feel like if it's more work than it is fun, then it's just not worth it. I'm here for recreation ;)

I'd love to make this thread work too -- but there just aren't enough active progheads around to give it the participation it deserves. :/