{"id":540,"date":"2011-06-28T04:59:25","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T09:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=540"},"modified":"2016-10-26T12:15:32","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T16:15:32","slug":"two-years-of-musoscribe-steven-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2011\/06\/28\/two-years-of-musoscribe-steven-wilson\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Years of Musoscribe: Steven Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:WordDocument>   <w:View>Normal<\/w:View>   <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>   <w:Compatibility>    <w:BreakWrappedTables\/>    <w:SnapToGridInCell\/>    <w:WrapTextWithPunct\/>    <w:UseAsianBreakRules\/>    <w:UseFELayout\/>   <\/w:Compatibility>   <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel>  <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object  classid=\"clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D\" id=ieooui><\/object>\n\n\n<style> st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <\/style>\n\n <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n<style>  \/* Style Definitions *\/  table.MsoNormalTable \t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\"; \tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; \tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0; \tmso-style-noshow:yes; \tmso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; \tmso-para-margin:0in; \tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";} <\/style>\n\n <![endif]--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">To celebrate the two-year anniversary of this blog, I\u2019m taking the opportunity to look back over some of the more than five hundred blog entries I\u2019ve posted. I\u2019ve conducted interviews, written essays and reviewed new albums, reissues and DVDs. I\u2019ve written a great deal about Steven Wilson and his myriad projects, and I\u2019ve been fortunate enough to interview him multiple times.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/porcupine_tree_2010b.jpg\" align=\"right\" height=\"400\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" width=\"267\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Here\u2019s      a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=433\">review of the DVD <em>Insurgentes<\/em><\/a>,      a sort of career-spanning video essay\/meditation from Wilson.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">One of      Wilson\u2019s longest-running      projects is no-man; here\u2019s a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=189\">review of their <em>Mixtaped<\/em> DVD<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Another      important SW project is <strong>Blackfield<\/strong>.      The duo \u2013 fronted by Wilson      and Israeli pop star <strong>Aviv Geffen<\/strong>      released <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=64\"><em>Live in NYC<\/em><\/a> on DVD and      CD.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">In      2011 Blackfield released their third (and best) studio album <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=473\"><em>Welcome to My DNA<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Wilson      has been working on some fascinating remix\/reissues of the <strong>King Crimson<\/strong> catalog; I discussed      that with him in <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=430\">this interview<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Porcupine Tree<\/strong> does not allow      audience recordings of their concerts. I asked Wilson      to explain why, and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=431\">his reply<\/a> was interesting.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Porcupine      Tree\u2019s second official concert DVD <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=277\"><em>Anesthetize<\/em>      <\/a>documents their <em>Fear of a Blank      Planet<\/em> tour.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Other      Porcupine Tree material remains out of print; I discussed that topic with Wilson      in this <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=432\">2010 interview<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">My      first conversation (in-person!) with Wilson      was during the PT <em>Fear of a Blank      Planet<\/em> tour. <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=310\">Here\u2019s that story<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">I      spoke with Wilson most      recently during the tour to promote Porcupine Tree\u2019s <em>The Incident<\/em>. <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=323\">Here\u2019s that feature<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\">\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/the_musoscribe\" class=\"body\">Follow  \u201cthe_musoscribe\u201d on <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/musoscribe.com\/images\/icon_twitter_small.jpg\" valign=\"middle\" border=\"0\" height=\"18\" hspace=\"1\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"18\" \/>  Twitter<\/a> and get notified<br \/>\nwhen new features, reviews and essays are published.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate the two-year anniversary of this blog, I\u2019m taking the opportunity to look back over some of the more than five hundred blog entries I\u2019ve posted. 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