Wednesday, June 29, 2016

VHUS Classic Encore 34: The Official Playlist!



















Another world-class encore episode from the vault to keep you amused until next week's Volume 55.

 What occurred last Spring?
  • Uncle D.L.’s Concert Memories: Dirt Cheap Trick!
  • The Devil For President?   Red hot campaign promises!
  • On Track 13: The perfect Mother’s Day gift? Yo’ Mama jokes from Hell!
  • What’s so funny about metal detectors?    Ask BBC TV.
  • Uncle play-by-plays the most horrifying porn video EVER!   (not for delicate ears)
PLUS: More great progressive rock, listenable metal, caustic commentary and classic rock obscura.   JOIN US!

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The Very Heavy Uncle Show - Volume 34
(Original Debut Date: May 7, 2015)

Cheap Trick -- Perfect Stranger   [Rockford / Big 3 Records]
The Mighty Bard -- Heart Of The Strangelove   [Blue God And Other Stories / The Mighty Bard]
Montage -- Mammoth   [Montage / Secret Entertainment]
The Gentle Storm -- Heart Of Amsterdam   [The Diary / Inside Out]
Opeth -- Death Whispered A Lullaby   [Damnation / Koch Records]
Glass Hammer -- Babylon   [The Breaking Of The World / Arion Records]
Tarot -- The Wasp   [The Warrior's Spell / Heavy Chains Records & Tapes]
Leap Day -- Secret Gardener   [Awaking The Muse / Oskar]
Infinity Overture -- Oceans of Time   [Kingdom Of Utopia / Lion Records]
Hidden Masters -- Nobody Knows That We're Here   [Of This And Other Worlds / Rise Above]
Bruce McCulloch -- The Dave’s I Know   [Shame-Based Man / Atlantic]
Gypsyhawk -- Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo   [Revelry & Resilience / Metal Blade]
Blues Pills -- Black Smoke   [Blue Pills / Nuclear Blast]
La Porte Non Aperte -- La Citta Delle Terrazze   [Golem / MaRaCash Records]
Agusa -- Melodi Fran St Knut   [Hogtid / Transubstans Records]
Warmrain -- Fading Star   [Back Above The Clouds / Eastworld Recordings]
The Hensley-Lawton Band -- Stealin'   [The Return / Eagle Records UK]

(WARNING! A special treat for classic TV fans follows the Devilish Tag!)

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RANDOM NOTES DEPARTMENT:

TOPIC ONE - ENCORE EPISODES AND WHERE TO FIND THEM  (OR NOT)

As you know, your favorite Uncle likes to cut corners and save a minute (or seven) wherever he can.   

Effective today: VHUS CLASSIC ENCORE episodes will no longer be posted on our MIXCLOUD and SPREAKER pages.    (From now on, it's new episodes only on these 2 sites.)

VHUS CLASSIC ENCORES will still be available for download and steaming via POD-O-MATIC,  TUNE-IN,  PLAYER.FM,  STITCHER,  GOOGLE PLAY and most other PC & mobile platforms.

TOPIC TWO - ARTWORK AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF TWO-DIGIT NUMBERS

I've received a couple of notes from listeners who don't care much for our "spectrum" style episode artwork - apparently the individual volume images look SO similar, it's just too hard to tell them apart on tiny portable device screens.

That's cool.  I understand completely.   Granted, each episode has a big fat volume number in the lower right hand corner... but if you can't read or count so well, I can see where that might be a problem.

But seriously folks, we've been considering a return to our "classic LP" style artwork for future episodes - after all, it is our trademark (or more correctly, someone else's trademark) - so this issue may resolve itself in a few weeks.   And you won't have to learn any more numbers.   Unless you want to.


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Volume 55 premieres Thursday, July 7th!

Have a safe and reasonably sane Fourth!




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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

What? ANOTHER New Episode?!? VHUS v.54: The Official Playlist!



















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 What’s occurring (besides an astronomical AC bill on the horizon)?
  • That Devil Guy vs. Christian Movie Review Sites!
  • Forgotten vinyl that may never see the light of laser!
  • Why would anyone read a BOOK about 70’s RADIO?
  • Track 13: Let’s talk about white people!
  • Andy Samberg: The  Britcom Days!
Plus more blacklight-powered prog rock, listenable metal, caustic commentary and classic rock obscura!   JOIN US!

THE VERY HEAVY UNCLE SHOW - Volume 54
The Official Playlist     (Debut:  June 23, 2016)

Brownsville Station -- Lady (Put The Light On Me)   [Brownsville Station…Private Stock/Rhino]
Blood Ceremony -- Half Moon Street   [Lord Of Misrule…Rise Above Records]
Messenger -- Celestial Spheres   [Threnodies…Inside Out]
Steve Thorne -- In The Frame   [Island Of The Imbeciles…SELF]
Arabs In Aspic -- One   [Victim Of Your Father's Agony…Black Widow]
Avantasia -- Draconian Love   [Ghostlights…Nuclear Blast]
Huis -- Insane   [Neither In Heaven…Unicorn Digital]
The Rome Proj(G)ect -- The Seven Kings Of Rome   [Of Fate And Glory…The Rome Project]
Scaevola's Fire -- Yellow   [Scaevola's Fire… scaevolasfire.bandcamp.com]
The Moody Blues -- Gypsy   [To Our Children's Children's Children…Threshold/Decca]
The Mighty Handful -- Albion   [Still Sitting In Danny's Car Pt 3: Rubicon… mightyhandful.com]
Tarot -- Strange Dimensions   [Reflections…Heavy Chains Records]
Indica -- Scissors Paper Rock   [A Way Away…Nuclear Blast]
Anima Mundi -- Flowers   [I Me Myself…Anima Mundi Music]
Baron -- Mark Maker   [Torpor…SVART]
Airbag -- Killer   [Disconnected…Karisma Records]
Il Paradiso Degli Orchi -- Pioggia   [Il Corponauta…AMS Records]
Spiritual Beggars -- Diamond Under Pressure   [Sunrise To Sundown…Inside Out]
Sherbs -- No Turning Back   [The Skill…Festival Records]

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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

VHUS Classic Encore 33: The Official Playlist!



















We may be back from the dead, but we're still running the old bi-weekly production schedule.   So have another Classic Encore, won't you?

What's occurring?
  • How The Devil picks music for dinner parties.
  • What did YOU want to be when you grew up?
  • Uncle D.L.’s childhood TV orgasm is coming to Blu-Ray (old news)!   
  • Another round of those strange "Would You Rather…" questions!
  • More Blonde-jokes from Hell!
  • Another cosmic cover from Captain Kirk!
And more lava-lamp-fueled prog rock, metal, caustic commentary and classic rock obscura!   JOIN US!

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The Very Heavy Uncle Show Volume 33 -- The Official Playlist
(Original Debut: April 23, 2015)

Blackfoot -- Feelin' Good   [Flyin' High / Rhino]
The Devin Townsend Project -- March Of The Poozers   [Z-Squared / HevyDevy]
Egdon Heath -- Gringo   [Him, The Snake And I / SI Music]
Nightingale -- On Stolen Wings   [Retribution / Inside Out]
Arven -- Music Of Light   [Music Of Light / Massacre Records]
The Budos Band -- Aphasta   [Burnt Offering / Daptone Recordings]
Timothy Pure -- The Aberration   [Blood Of The Berry / Isosceles Records]
Helloween -- Future World (unplugged)   [Unarmed / The End Records]
Thin Lizzy -- It's Only Money   [Night Life / Vertigo UK]
Annalist -- The Return   [Artemis / ARS Mundi]
Marillion -- Built-In Bastard Radar   [marillion.com / Intact]
Lyriel -- Welcome   [Paranoid Circus / AFM Records]
Brimstone Coven -- Cosmic Communion   [Brimstone Coven / Metal Blade]
Taproban -- Lo Squardo Di Emily   [Strigma / Musea]
Graal -- Gods Of War   [Legends Never Die / Blood Rock Records]
Archangelica -- Cathedral   [Like A Drug / Lynx Music]
William Shatner -- Space Cowboy   [Seeking Major Tom / Cleopatra Records]
Delphian -- Sleepless Lullaby   [Unravel / Lion Music]
Siena Root -- Whole Lotta Love   [Pioneers / Cleopatra Records]



You're eyes aren't deceiving you kids; THE VERY HEAVY UNCLE SHOW is NOW AVAILABLE on GOOGLE PLAY!   

They don't make podcasts overly easy to find yet, so here's a link:

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You'll need a Google Play account to listen, but fear not: If you have a GMail account, you automatically have a Google Play account too.   Just sign in as usual (and VHUS is absolutely free!).


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Monday, June 13, 2016

We're glad you "Like" us. But you could do SO much more.














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Well kids, the numbers are in.   And we did all right for the first episode after a three month holiday.    Sure, I expected us to do better (a LOT better - to be honest), but I'm willing to attribute that to a worldwide case of "nobody knew."

And that's the subject of our little pep talk today.

FACT: Podcasts are 5% recording and 95% begging people to listen.   

And sadly, as big as the Internet is, there are only so many ways to promote a podcast: 
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Blogs
  • YouTube channels
  • Bulletin boards/discussion groups
  • Links/plugs on OTHER PEOPLE'S blogs/podcasts/websites, etc.
And even after posting in 6 different Facebook Podcast groups, banging out a few tweets and a new blog entry, PLUS posting on whatever bulletin board MIGHT be frequented by budding listeners... you've hit MAYBE 1% of your potential audience.   And that sucks.

ANOTHER FACT: Podcasts rely HEAVILY on word-of-mouth from their listeners to grow.  And a LOT of them die on the vine because listeners don't take the minimal time and effort to spread the word about their favorite podcasts to friends, colleagues and acquaintances who MIGHT enjoy them too!.

It's NOT hard.   It takes VERY little effort.   And sometimes it makes all the difference as to whether a show like VHUS gets a spot in the Metal Top 10 every day... or goes an entire day without a SINGLE listen world-wide.

UNCLE'S BIGGEST PET-PEEVE (well, one of many):  I post plugs for VHUS on Facebook and Twitter almost every day.   And sometimes a few people "LIKE" them.    THAT'S GREAT!   I really appreciate it.    But... the promotional effectiveness of a LIKE is essentially ZERO.   Sure, it tells ME that you like the programme, but it tells NO ONE ELSE.  A much-needed opportunity for promotion is wasted.    Hundreds/thousands of potential listeners go un-informed.   (A little over-dramatic, huh?)

TL;DR:  As much as I appreciate the LIKES, please SHARE promotional posts on your own pages & accounts.   Tweeps: If you're going to click that little red heart on a VHUS promo, please take an extra 5 seconds and RETWEET the bastard!   THAT'S the publicity podcasts need, especially this one.

You don't want us to go away again, do you?

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CLOSING REMARKS: A lot of people who visit our Pod-O-Matic homepage completely miss all the neat links on the sidebar, and that's a shame.   I always make a point of encouraging you punks to BUY the music you hear on VHUS, and most of those links make it dead easy.   

Please patronize the labels who issue the music you hear on this show, and ESPECIALLY spend some $$$ with these progressive music superstores (You won't find a lot of this stuff on Amazon).











We're back to the bi-weekly schedule - look for Classic Encore v.33 later this week!






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Thursday, June 2, 2016

VHUS v.32: The Official Playlist! (plus more rumors and stuff)



















I'm guessing you're more interested in all the rumours flying around re: NEW VHUS episodes...

 Short version:  They're true.    Watch this space.
While we wait... What's occurring this round?
  • The Gates Of Hell: A mis-guided tour.
  • Extended rant: Uncle D.L. gets faxed up the arse!
  • Virus-free online porn?   We show you where!
  • What do you call 6 bad jokes with no arms and no legs?  TRACK 13!
  • Netflix: 2 films you MUST see (and 3 more to AVOID)!
Plus more incense-powered progressive rock, listenable metal, caustic commentary and classic rock obscura!  JOIN US!

The Very Heavy Uncle Show v.32 - The Official Playlist
(Original debut: April 9, 2015)

Stone Axe -- SWLABR   [Stone Axe II  (Spec. Ed.) / Ripple Music]
Nightwish -- My Walden   [Endless Forms Most Beautiful / Nuclear Blast]
RPWL -- Trying To Kiss The Sun   [Trying To Kiss The Sun / Tempus Fugit]
Colosseum -- Bring Out your Dead   [Daughter Of Time / Vertigo]
Glass Hammer -- Mythopoeia   [The Breaking Of The World / Arion]
Jex Thoth -- The Places You Walk   [Blood Moon Rise / I Hate Records]
Lonely Robot -- Lonely Robot   [Please Come Home / Inside Out]
Rowan Atkinson -- Road Safety  (Pt. 1)   [The Secret Policeman's Other Ball / Castle]
Little Fish -- The Wake Up Call   [The Gordian Knot / TUTL Records]
Ubi Maior -- I Cancelli Del Tempo   [Incanti Bio Meccanici / AMS-/BTF]
Piezo -- Remembrance   [Scene I: Harlequin / Piezo]
Atomic Rooster -- 7 Lonely Streets   [Death Walks Behind You / Castle-Sanctuary]
Graveyard -- Evil Ways   [Graveyard / Tee Pee]
Fish On Friday -- Radio   [Godspeed / Esoteric Antenna]
Alphataurus -- Ripensando E…   [Attosecondo / AMS-BTF]
Rowan Atkinson -- Road Safety  (Pt. 2)   [The Secret Policeman's Other Ball / Castle]
Ciccada -- A Night Ride   [The Finest Of Miracles / Fading Records]
Bodkin -- 3 Days After Death, Part 2   [Bodkin / Akarma]

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