Midnight Pals: Prog Harder (Patreon)

Stephen King: you know i'm something of a prog guy myself
Todd Keisling: is that right
King: maybe you've heard of a little band called the rock bottom remainders
Keisling: yeah i've heard of them
King:
King: well
King: 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 reference
Barker: when you mix up the name like that
King: but
Barker: i mean "crimson king," "king crimson"
Barker: you reversed the words
King: but
Barker: kinda confusing you know
King: but
Poe: yeah i never picked up on it

King: c'mon! I'm totally prog!
King: what about imaginos
King: i wrote imaginos!
Keisling: ffft blue oyster cult? that's barely prog
King: "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 treat
King: hold on i'll recite it for you
Barker: oh christ
King: no no you'll like i swear
King: "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 damned
King: from the dream world paralleling our earth in time and space, the invisible ones have sent an agent who will dream the dream of history
Barker: ahah what the fuck
Poe: cliveffffffffffft ha ha ha
King: guys! stop laughing!!
King: i'm being serious!

King: c'mon Todd! Let me prove it!
King: dean give me those headphones
King: 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 it
Keisling: oh my god steve i misjudged you
Keisling: you really are a prog master
Keisling: only a true black belt prog master could listen to Gentle Giant without brain hemorrhages
King: that's what i've been saying

Keisling: in fact i
Keisling: wait a second
Keisling: what gentle giant album are you listening to
King: uh
Keisling: is it their commercially palatable sellout album Giant for a Day???
King: [sweating] n-no?