[the_original_ib]

"You could do England by doing obscure bands. While no one's gonna complain about a Yes or Genesis show, obscure bands would rule."
[subsequent debate snipped]

I think probably I would avoid doing a show about the "Big Groups" unless I thought I could do a good job putting them in context of this show, i.e. cultural context. So it might be emphasizing the British aspects of these groups rather than dutifully plowing through Close to the Edge for the umpteenth time. It's something I'd want to make sure to do "right".

"Or (thinking as I type), bands with one foot in prog and one foot in something else, ala Radiohead's three proggish ones: OK Computer, Kid A, and Amnesiac. As a whole, lot of variety in England/Prog."

That kind of thing interests me, but to be honest it interests me more as a non-PS mini-series. i.e. spotlight a different musical style that is not prog but relate it back to prog every week. Shows could range from electronica to experimental indy (think Sonic Youth) to types of jazz and classical and folk.

"On down the line, I request seperate shows for Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. You could do USA state by state!"

The USA actually has a pretty small 'prog' scene, at least in the typical time frame for the show (60s-80s). But I would not be averse to doing it region by region; for example Starcastle and Yezda Urfa were both Midwest bands (Starcastle from Illinois and Yezda Urfa from Indiana).

"Finally, I wanna see what you can dig up: I request Iranian prog."

LOL, no can do. There actually is one so-called Iranian prog album (Al-Basim Revival) but it recorded in either England or the US with almost all English/American artists. The middle-East unfortunately doesn't offer much for us apart from Israel; I could probably cull together a single show from the rest of the region and it would be mostly crossover stuff, not "prog" per se. It would take a few months to get all the music too.

Regards,
Sean