Midnight Pals: Prog Harder (Patreon)

Stephen King: you know i'm something of a prog guy myselfTodd Keisling: is that rightKing: maybe you've heard of a little band called the rock bottom remaindersKeisling: yeah i've heard of themKing:King: wellKing: well i was in that band

Keisling: steve i would hardly compare the rock bottom remainders to the awesome power of progressive rock King: c'mon todd i got progressive cred!King: i got the crimson king in my dark tower books!Poe:Barker:Koontz:Lovecraft:King: the crimson king!King: the crimson king!Poe:Barker:Koontz:Lovecraft:King: based on king crimson!Poe:Barker:Koontz:Lovecraft:King: oh for crying out loud you guys

Barker: i don't know how you expect anyone to get that referenceBarker: when you mix up the name like thatKing: butBarker: i mean "crimson king," "king crimson"Barker: you reversed the wordsKing: butBarker: kinda confusing you knowKing: butPoe: yeah i never picked up on it

King: c'mon! I'm totally prog!King: what about imaginosKing: i wrote imaginos!Keisling: ffft blue oyster cult? that's barely progKing: "not prog"?!?King: haven't you seen the shooting shark music video???

Koontz: what's imaginos?King: oh dean you're in for a real treatKing: hold on i'll recite it for youBarker: oh christKing: no no you'll like i swearKing: "imagine"King: "if you will"King: "a world where anything can happen"King: "if you can imaginos it"

King: a bedtime story for the children of the damnedKing: from the dream world paralleling our earth in time and space, the invisible ones have sent an agent who will dream the dream of historyBarker: ahah what the fuckPoe: cliveffffffffffft ha ha haKing: guys! stop laughing!!King: i'm being serious!

King: c'mon Todd! Let me prove it!King: dean give me those headphonesKing: I'm gonna listen to Gentle Giant!Keisling: no steve don't do it!Keisling: you have so much to live for!

King: [listening to Gentle Giant] yeah yeah i get it, i dig itKeisling: oh my god steve i misjudged youKeisling: you really are a prog masterKeisling: only a true black belt prog master could listen to Gentle Giant without brain hemorrhagesKing: that's what i've been saying

Keisling: in fact iKeisling: wait a secondKeisling: what gentle giant album are you listening toKing: uhKeisling: is it their commercially palatable sellout album Giant for a Day???King: [sweating] n-no?