GURU: HAS THE PP GURU REALLY LOST HIS ... MARBLES?

Taking a brief pulse in his critically acclaimed Yes Studio Album Release Date Memoirs, the PP Guru is on a two day Marillion excursion as three of the band members, Steve Hogarth - piano and vocals, Peter Trewavas, bass, and Steven Rothery, guitars are doing some acoustic shows in the West Hollywood area (touring under the sublime title of Los Trios Marillos). The PP Guru saw them play last night at the Keyclub and they were just fucking magnificent as always, giving us die hard fans a two and a half set of nothing but stripped down piano/guitar selections from their latest Marbles albums and many songs that the PP Guru has never heard them perform live before off of several independently released albums that they never toured behind (due to a long even year absence of not raising enough cash to tour the USA due to being bounced from their major label, EMI - so the US fans themselves had to splurge for the last 1997 Strange Engine tour- PP Guru included) including; Radiation, marillion.com and Anaraknophobia.

So the PP Guru is going to see a little short encore performance being held free tonight at the Tower Records off on Sunset Blvd and maybe get autographs and pictures. Who knows when this very underappreciated band will be back in the states again, but if they keep scoring more resurgent UK top ten singles such as "You're Gone " and "Don't Hurt Yourself", then anything's possible.

Tomorrow, the PP Guru will resume his month long series with the schizophrenic side of Yes - Two Face Yes, for a more apt description. How can two separate bands fighting for the rights to the same name co-exist in peace and harmony? All shall soon be revealed, my precious sagettes.

And also who will be stirring below the PP Guru's belt, the PP Guru wonders?

The one who let the genie out of the box was none other than: ~ Coat